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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the structural pest control advisory |
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committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 1951.101(a) and (b), Occupations Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The committee consists of 11 [nine] members appointed by |
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the commissioner as follows: |
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(1) one member [two members] who is an employee of a |
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school district and associated with a school integrated pest |
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management program [are experts in structural pest control
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application]; |
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(2) three members who represent the public; |
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(3) one member from an institution of higher education |
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who is knowledgeable in the science of pests and pest control; |
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(4) three members [one member] who represent |
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[represents] the interests of structural pest control operators and |
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who are [is] appointed based on recommendations provided by a trade |
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association of operators; |
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(5) one member who represents the interests of |
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consumers; [and] |
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(6) the commissioner of state health services or the |
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commissioner's designee; and |
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(7) one member who is a structural pest control |
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operator with experience in natural, organic, or holistic pest |
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control. |
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(b) Members of the committee serve staggered four-year |
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terms. The terms of [four or] five or six members, as appropriate, |
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expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. |
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SECTION 2. (a) On September 1, 2013, the terms of the |
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members of the structural pest control advisory committee appointed |
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under former Section 1951.101(a)(1), Occupations Code, expire. |
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(b) Not later than October 1, 2013, the commissioner of |
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agriculture shall appoint the new members of the structural pest |
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control advisory committee necessary to ensure that the composition |
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of the committee complies with Section 1951.101, Occupations Code, |
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as amended by this Act, and designate the terms of those members to |
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expire on February 1, 2015, or February 1, 2017, as appropriate, to |
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ensure that the expiration of the terms complies with Section |
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1951.101(b), Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3567 was passed by the House on May 2, |
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2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 2, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3567 on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 3, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3567 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |