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78R3283 JTS-D

By:  Armbrister                                                   S.B. No. 620



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the funding of and the making of grants by the Texas 
Council on Environmental Technology.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 387.002(b), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The Texas Council on Environmental Technology shall 
work to enhance the entrepreneurial and inventive spirit of Texans 
to assist in developing solutions to air, water, and waste problems 
by:
		(1)  identifying and evaluating new technologies and 
seeking the approval of the United States Environmental Protection 
Agency for and facilitating the deployment of those technologies;  
[and]
		(2)  assisting the commission and the United States 
Environmental Protection Agency in the process of ensuring credit 
for new, innovative, and creative technological advancements; and
		(3)  competing for and managing federal grants and 
funds from other sources available for carrying out the objectives 
of the council.
	SECTION 2.  Section 387.005, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
	(f)  If a member of the Texas Council on Environmental 
Technology is an employee or owner of an entity that applies for a 
grant under this chapter, the member, before a vote on the grant, 
shall disclose the fact of the member's employment or ownership.  
The disclosure must be entered into the minutes of the meeting.  The 
member may not vote on or otherwise participate in the awarding of 
the grant.  If the member does not comply with this subsection, the 
entity is not eligible for the grant.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.