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

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

FULL TEXT:
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] member swho 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] member swho 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.