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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the functions of the Texas Low Level Radioactive Waste |
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Compact Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.0051 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. |
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(a) The commission is an independent entity as established |
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under federal law and is governed by the party states compact |
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agreement, and not an agency of the State of Texas. It is not a |
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program, department, or other division of, or administratively |
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attached to, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or any |
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other agency of the State of Texas, although the Commission may; |
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(A1) be assigned an agency code as required; |
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(A2) obtain its funding through an appropriation from |
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the State of Texas; |
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(A3) allow for the reimbursement of commission |
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members, staff, and contractors from the state comptroller in the |
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amount of state sales tax paid for purchases approved by the |
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commission as expressly granted under Section 151.309, Texas Tax |
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Code; and |
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(A4) conduct other functions not addressed in the |
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governing federal law or in the party states compact agreement in |
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alignment with policies and procedures as determined by the State |
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of Texas. |