By: Jackson	S.B. No. 1070

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the composition of the permanent advisory committee to
	advise the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding the
	implementation of the ad valorem tax exemption for pollution
	control property.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (n), Section 11.31, Tax Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(n)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
	establish a permanent advisory committee consisting of
	representatives of industry, appraisal districts, taxing units,
	and environmental groups, as well as members who are not
	representatives of any of those entities but have substantial
	technical expertise in pollution control technology and
	environmental engineering, to advise the commission regarding the
	implementation of this section.  At least one member of the advisory
	committee must be a representative of a school district or junior
	college district in which property is located that is or previously
	was subject to an exemption under this section.  Chapter 2110,
	Government Code, does not apply to the size, composition, or
	duration of the advisory committee.
	SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
	of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
	appoint one or more representatives of school districts or junior
	college districts in which property is located that is or
	previously was subject to an exemption under Section 11.31, Tax
	Code, to the permanent advisory committee established under
	Subsection (n) of that section, as amended by this Act.
	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, 2011.