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Senate committee advances cleanup bill correcting old agency name references to TCEQ
Summary
The committee advanced Senate Bill 766, a cleanup measure replacing more than 100 statutory references to the former Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; the committee reported the bill favorably by voice/roll call.
Senate Bill 766, a statutory "cleanup" bill to correct references to the former Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, was reported favorably to the full Senate after a roll-call in the Senate Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development.
Senator Judith Zaffirini, the bill—s author, told the committee the change implements the earlier legislative decision to rename the agency. "HB 2912 from 2001 changed the name of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality effective January 2004," Zaffirini said, and SB 766 would replace the more than 100 remaining references to the old agency name in state code.
There was no public testimony and no substantive debate on policy changes; the bill was presented as noncontroversial technical cleanup requested by the Legislative Council. With no registered witnesses and no public opposition, Senator Zaffirini moved that the committee report SB 766 with a "do pass" recommendation. The clerk recorded "There being 6 ayes and no nays, the move is reported favorably to the full senate." The committee also recommended the bill for the local and uncontested calendar.
The measure, as described to the committee, only replaces statutory text that still cites the old agency name; it does not change TCEQ—s regulatory authority or program responsibilities.
