Bill Text: TX HB2154 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a commission to study the needs of areas of the state significantly affected by oil and gas production.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 18-4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Point of order sustained Article III, Section 30, and Article III, Section 35 [HB2154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2154-Comm_Sub.html
86R26964 CJC-D | |||
By: Landgraf, Craddick, Nevárez, Paddie, | H.B. No. 2154 | ||
King of Uvalde, et al. | |||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2154: | |||
By: Capriglione | C.S.H.B. No. 2154 |
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relating to a commission to study the needs of areas of the state | ||
significantly affected by oil and gas production. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "commission" means the | ||
generate recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) study | ||
commission. | ||
(b) The generate recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) | ||
study commission is established to study the needs of areas of the | ||
state significantly affected by oil and gas production, including | ||
infrastructure, safety, and educational needs, and to make | ||
recommendations to the legislature regarding the appropriation of | ||
money in the generate recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) | ||
fund created under Section 49-g-3, Article III, Texas Constitution. | ||
(c) The commission is composed of seven members, consisting | ||
of the following: | ||
(1) three members appointed by the governor; | ||
(2) two members appointed by the lieutenant governor; | ||
and | ||
(3) two members appointed by the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives. | ||
(d) The members appointed by the governor must reside in | ||
areas of the state from which oil and gas are produced and include | ||
at least: | ||
(1) one person who is a member of the business | ||
community; and | ||
(2) one person who is a member of the civic community. | ||
(e) At least one member appointed by the lieutenant governor | ||
and one member appointed by the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives must represent an area of the state from which oil | ||
and gas are produced. | ||
(f) In making appointments under this section, the | ||
governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall coordinate to ensure that the membership of | ||
the commission reflects, to the extent possible, the ethnic and | ||
geographic diversity of the state. | ||
(g) The governor shall designate the presiding officer of | ||
the commission. | ||
(h) A member of the commission is not entitled to | ||
compensation for service on the commission but is entitled to | ||
reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in | ||
performing commission duties. | ||
(i) The commission shall develop recommendations under this | ||
section to address issues related to: | ||
(1) the specific needs of areas of the state from which | ||
oil and gas are produced, including: | ||
(A) needs relating to infrastructure degradation | ||
caused by oil and gas production activities; | ||
(B) increased public health and safety needs; and | ||
(C) educational and workforce training needs; | ||
and | ||
(2) the costs to political subdivisions to address the | ||
needs identified under Subdivision (1) of this subsection. | ||
(j) Not later than December 31, 2020, the commission shall | ||
prepare and deliver a report to the governor and the legislature | ||
that recommends statutory changes to address the needs of areas of | ||
the state significantly affected by oil and gas production and the | ||
appropriation of state funds dedicated for those purposes. | ||
(k) The commission may hold public meetings as needed to | ||
fulfill its duties under this section. | ||
(l) The commission is subject to Chapters 551 and 552, | ||
Government Code. | ||
(m) The commission is abolished and this section expires | ||
February 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than the 30th day after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the appropriate persons shall make the | ||
appointments and designation required by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020, but only | ||
if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2019, providing for the creation of the generate | ||
recurring oil wealth for Texas (GROW Texas) fund, dedicating the | ||
money in that fund to benefit areas of the state from which oil and | ||
gas are produced, and providing for the transfer of certain general | ||
revenues to that fund, the economic stabilization fund, and the | ||
state highway fund is approved by the voters. If that amendment is | ||
not approved by the voters, this Act has no effect. |