Sec. 26.403. CREATION AND MEMBERSHIP OF TEXAS GROUNDWATER PROTECTION COMMITTEE. (a) The Texas Groundwater Protection Committee is created as an interagency committee to coordinate state agency actions for the protection of groundwater quality in this state.

(b) The commission is designated as the lead agency for the committee and shall administer the activities of the committee.

(c) The committee is composed of:

(1) the executive director of the commission;

(2) the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board;

(3) the executive director of the Railroad Commission of Texas;

(4) the commissioner of health of the Texas Department of Health;

(5) the deputy commissioner of the Department of Agriculture;

(6) the executive director of the State Soil and Water Conservation Board;

(7) the Director of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station;

(8) the director of the Bureau of Economic Geology of The University of Texas at Austin;

(9) a representative selected by the Texas Alliance of Groundwater Districts; and

(10) a representative of the Water Well Drillers and Water Well Pump Installers Program of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation selected by the executive director of the department.

(d) Each member of the committee listed in Subsections (c)(1) through (8) of this section may designate a personal representative from the member's agency to represent the member on the committee, but that designation does not relieve the member of responsibility for the acts and decisions of the representative.

(e) The executive director of the commission shall serve as chairman, and the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board shall serve as vice-chairman of the committee.

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 77, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 72, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.