By Burnam                                             H.B. No. 2371
         77R5802 JJT-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the members of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste
 1-3     Compact Commission.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Sections 403.001 and 403.002, Health and Safety
 1-6     Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 403.001.  MEMBERS OF COMMISSION. (a)  In this section,
 1-8     "host county" has the meaning assigned by Section 2.01, Article II,
 1-9     Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact (Section
1-10     403.006, Health and Safety Code).
1-11           (b)  The governor shall appoint six host state commissioners
1-12     [members] to represent this state on the commission established by
1-13     Article III of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
1-14     Compact.  The governor may not appoint a host state commissioner
1-15     unless the person has signed and presented to the governor a
1-16     written pledge not to propose an agreement described by Section
1-17     3.05(6) of the compact and to vote against such an agreement, if
1-18     proposed.  One of the voting members of the compact commission
1-19     shall be a legal resident of the host county [Hudspeth County,
1-20     Texas].
1-21           (c) [(b)]  The governor may provide an alternate for each
1-22     host state commissioner appointed under this section.  An alternate
1-23     must sign and present the pledge required by Subsection (b).
1-24           (d)  The governor shall remove from office a host state
 2-1     commissioner or alternate who breaks the pledge presented under
 2-2     Subsection (b) and shall fill the vacancy as soon as is
 2-3     practicable.
 2-4           Sec. 403.002.  TERMS OF COMMISSION MEMBERS; VACANCY. (a)  A
 2-5     host state commissioner serves for a term of six years and until a
 2-6     successor is appointed and qualified.  A host state commissioner or
 2-7     alternate is subject to removal as provided by Section 403.001(d).
 2-8           (b)  A vacancy in the office of host state commissioner is
 2-9     filled for the unexpired term by appointment of the governor.
2-10           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-11     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-12     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-13     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-14     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.