Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 58
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79th LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION
(7) the following state agencies: the Railroad Commission of Texas,
the Office of Interstate Oil Compact Commissioner for Texas, the Office of
Interstate Mining Compact Commissioner for Texas, the Texas Energy
Coordination Council, and the Office of Southern States Energy Board Member
for Texas.
Sec. 14 [41]. ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION. The committee shall
have seven members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) air, land, and water pollution, including the environmental
regulation of industrial development;
(2) the regulation of waste disposal;
(3) environmental matters that are regulated by the Department of State
Health Services or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality;
(4) oversight of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as it
relates to environmental regulation; and
(5) the following state agencies: the Texas Agriculture Resources
Protection Authority, the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact
Commission, and the board of the Texas Environmental Education Partnership
Fund.
Sec. 15 [41]. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS. The committee shall have
seven members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) banking and the state banking system;
(2) savings and loan associations;
(3) credit unions;
(4) the regulation of state and local bonded indebtedness;
(5) the lending of money; and
(6) the following state agencies: The Finance Commission of Texas,
the Credit Union Commission, the Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner, the
Office of Banking Commissioner, the Texas Department of Banking [Depament
eofTees], the Savings and Loan Department of Texas, the Texas Treasury
Safekeeping Trust Company, the Texas Public Finance Authority, and the Bond
Review Board.
Sec. 16 [44]. GENERAL INVESTIGATING AND ETHICS
(PROCEDURAL). (a) The General Investigating and Ethics Committee shall
have [eeisis-t , five members of the house appointed by the speaker. The
speaker shall appoint the chair and the vice-chair of the committee.
(b) The [general investigating] committee has all the powers and duties of a
general investigating committee and shall operate as the general investigating
committee of the house according to the procedures prescribed by Subchapter B,
Chapter 301, Government Code, and the rules of the house, as applicable.
(c) The committee has jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the conduct
of and ethical standards applicable to state and local government officers and
employees.
Sec. 17 [-9]. GOVERNMENT REFORM. The committee shall have seven
members, with jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to:
(1) the organization, operation, powers, regulations, and management
of state departments, agencies, institutions, and advisory committees;58
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Seventy-Ninth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1, legislative document, 2005; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth97462/m1/62/?q=%222005-01-11%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.