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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the nature, funding, and functions of the Texas |
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Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.005, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 403.005. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The Texas Low-Level |
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Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission and the members of |
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the commission have the powers and duties prescribed by the |
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compact. The members of the commission are responsible for |
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administering the provisions of the compact. |
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(b) The commission may conduct other activities not |
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described by the federal law governing the commission or the |
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compact, as long as those activities are consistent with the |
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policies and procedures of this state. |
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SECTION 2. Section 403.0051, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 403.0051. COMMISSION AS INDEPENDENT ENTITY; FUNDING. |
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(a) The commission is an independent entity established by federal |
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law and governed by the compact and is not an agency of this state or |
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a program, department, or other division of, or administratively |
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attached to, an agency of this state [the Texas Commission on
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Environmental Quality]. |
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(b) The legislature may appropriate money to the |
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commission. Money for the commission may not be appropriated as |
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part of an appropriation for the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality. |
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(c) The comptroller may: |
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(1) assign the commission an agency code; and |
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(2) from funds appropriated to the commission, provide |
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for the reimbursement of a commission member or employee or a person |
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who contracts with the commission for purchases approved by the |
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commission, including state and local sales tax. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |