1-1 By: Lucio S.B. No. 356 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 23, 2001; January 25, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 February 21, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 1-5 5, Nays 0; February 21, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to performance measures for innovative regulatory programs 1-9 implemented by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended 1-12 by adding Section 5.127 to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 5.127. CREATION OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR INNOVATIVE 1-14 REGULATORY PROGRAMS. The commission shall work with the 1-15 Legislative Budget Board to create performance measures that assess 1-16 the improvements in environmental quality achieved by innovative 1-17 regulatory programs implemented by the commission. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-19 * * * * *