By: Seliger S.B. No. 1667
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the nature, funding, and functions of the Texas
  Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 403.005, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 403.005.  POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  The Texas Low-Level
  Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission and the members of
  the commission have the powers and duties prescribed by the
  compact.  The members of the commission are responsible for
  administering the provisions of the compact.
         (b)  The commission may conduct other activities not
  described by the federal law governing the commission or the
  compact, as long as those activities are consistent with the
  policies and procedures of this state.
         SECTION 2.  Section 403.0051, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 403.0051.  COMMISSION AS INDEPENDENT ENTITY; FUNDING.
  (a)  The commission is an independent entity established by federal
  law and governed by the compact and is not an agency of this state or
  a program, department, or other division of, or administratively
  attached to, an agency of this state [the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality].
         (b)  The legislature may appropriate money to the
  commission.  Money for the commission may not be appropriated as
  part of an appropriation for the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality.
         (c)  The comptroller may:
               (1)  assign the commission an agency code; and
               (2)  from funds appropriated to the commission, provide
  for the reimbursement of a commission member or employee or a person
  who contracts with the commission for purchases approved by the
  commission, including state and local sales tax.
         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, 2017.