77R12080 JAT-F
By Madden, Chavez H.B. No. 832
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 832:
By Turner of Coleman C.S.H.B. No. 832
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to creating an advisory committee to assist the Department
1-3 of Public Safety in the certification of motor vehicle inspection
1-4 stations and inspectors.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 548, Transportation Code,
1-7 is amended by adding Section 548.006 to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 548.006. ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) An advisory
1-9 committee consisting of six members shall:
1-10 (1) advise the department on the department's rules
1-11 relating to the certification of inspection stations and inspectors
1-12 under this chapter;
1-13 (2) make recommendations to the department relating to
1-14 the content of those rules; and
1-15 (3) perform any other function requested by the
1-16 department in administering this chapter.
1-17 (b) The commissioners shall appoint three members of the
1-18 committee as follows:
1-19 (1) one person to represent inspection station owners
1-20 and operators;
1-21 (2) one person to represent manufacturers of motor
1-22 vehicle emissions inspection devices; and
1-23 (3) one person to represent the public interest.
1-24 (c) Each member of the conservation commission shall appoint
2-1 one member of the committee. The member appointed by the presiding
2-2 officer of the conservation commission shall serve as the presiding
2-3 officer of the committee.
2-4 (d) Committee members serve staggered three-year terms.
2-5 (e) A vacancy on the committee is filled in the same manner
2-6 as other appointments to the committee.
2-7 (f) A member of the committee is not entitled to
2-8 compensation, but is entitled to reimbursement of the member's
2-9 travel expenses as provided in the General Appropriations Act for
2-10 state employees.
2-11 (g) The committee may elect an assistant presiding officer
2-12 and a secretary from among its members and may adopt rules for the
2-13 conduct of its own activities.
2-14 (h) The committee is entitled to review and comment on rules
2-15 to be considered for adoption by the commission or the department
2-16 under Subchapter F or G before the rules are proposed.
2-17 SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2002, the public
2-18 safety commissioners shall appoint to the advisory committee
2-19 created under Section 548.006, Transportation Code, as added by
2-20 this Act:
2-21 (1) a representative of inspection station owners and
2-22 operators to serve a one-year term;
2-23 (2) a representative of manufacturers of motor vehicle
2-24 emissions inspection devices to serve a two-year term; and
2-25 (3) a representative of the public interest to serve a
2-26 three-year term.
2-27 (b) Not later than January 1, 2002, the members of the Texas
3-1 Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall appoint members to
3-2 the advisory committee created under Section 548.006,
3-3 Transportation Code, as added by this Act, as follows:
3-4 (1) the presiding officer of the commission shall
3-5 appoint a member to a three-year term;
3-6 (2) one member other than the presiding officer shall
3-7 appoint a member to a one-year term; and
3-8 (3) one member other than the presiding officer shall
3-9 appoint a member to a two-year term.
3-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.