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1991 Texas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1991)

handle is hein.sag/sagtx0043 and id is 1 raw text is: Office of the Attornep @entral 6tate of Texas DAN MORALES ATTORNEY GENERAL January 30, 1991 Mr. William Tenison Chairman On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council P. 0. Box 1088 Austin, Texas 78767 Opinion No. DM-1 Re: Authority of the On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council, and related questions (RQ-2165) Dear Mr. Tenison: Chapter 367 of the Health and Safety Code provides for the awarding of grants of state funds by the On-Site Wastewater Treatment Research Council (hereinafter the council) for support of research and for dissemination of information relating to on-site wastewater treatment technology. The provisions now in chapter 367 were adopted in 1987 as article 4477-7f, V.T.C.S., and codified in the Health and Safety Code in 1989. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., 2d C.S., ch. 28; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, § 1, at 2230. The council is composed of 11 members appointed by the governor. Health & Safety Code § 367.002. Grants or other expenditures made by the council are payable from the on-site wastewater treatment research account in the general revenue fund. Fees collected by various entities for the issuance of on-site wastewater treatment permits are forwarded to the Department of Health and deposited to the credit of such account. Id. §§ 367.008(c), 367.010. You ask first about section 367.007, which provides: (a) The [Department of Health] shall implement council decisions. (b) The council may enter into an interagency contract with the department to provide staff and other administrative support as required. (c) Administrative costs are payable from the on-site wastewater treatment research account. p. 1