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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 5ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND GROUPS
SUBCHAPTER BADVISORY COMMITTEES
RULE §5.5Composition of Advisory Committees

(a) The composition of advisory committees created by the commission shall comply with the requirements of Texas Government Code, Chapter 2110, as amended.

(b) The commission shall make reasonable attempts to provide balanced representation on all advisory committees. A rule or other action may not be challenged because of the composition of an advisory committee. This section does not apply to an advisory committee to the extent that:

  (1) another state law specifically states that Texas Government Code, Chapter 2110, as amended, does not apply; or

  (2) a federal law or regulation:

    (A) imposes an unconditional requirement that irreconcilably conflicts with the requirements of Texas Government Code, Chapter 2110, as amended; or

    (B) imposes a condition on the state's eligibility to receive money from the federal government that irreconcilably conflicts with Texas Government Code, Chapter 2110, as amended.


Source Note: The provisions of this §5.5 adopted to be effective June 6, 1996, 21 TexReg 4705; amended to be effective April 29, 1999, 24 TexReg 3203; amended to be effective October 8, 2002, 27 TexReg 9350

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