Bill Text: TX HB2743 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to membership in the structural pest control advisory committee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2743 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB2743-Introduced.html

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82R11710 T
By: Kleinschmidt H.B. No. 2743

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to membership in the structural pest control advisory
committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1951.101, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1951.101. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP. (a) The committee
consists of nine members appointed by the commissioner as follows:
[(1) two members who are experts in structural pest
control application;
[(2)] (1) three members who represent the public;
[(3) one member from an institution of higher
education who is knowledgeable in the science of pests and pest
control;
[(4)] (2) three [one] members who represent[s] the
interests of structural pest control operators and who are [is]
appointed based on recommendations provided by a trade association
of operators;
[(5)] (3) three [one] members who represent[s] the
interests pest control operators involved in school integrated pest
management [of consumers; and
[(6) the commissioner of state health services or the
commissioner's designee].
(b) Members of the committee serve staggered four-year
terms. The terms of four or five members, as appropriate, expire on
February 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(c) Service on the committee by a state officer or employee
is an additional duty of the member's office or employment.
(d) Appointments to the committee shall be made without
regard to the race, color, disability, sex, religion, age, or
national origin of the appointee.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.