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.  
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