HB49 Alabama 2013 Session

Under existing law, there is a seven-member Environmental Management Commission which establishes an environmental management policy for the state. The commission must include one member who has been certified by the National Water Well Association Certification Program

This bill would provide that the member has been certified by the National Water Well Association Certification Program, or its successor, the National Ground Water Association, or may be a hydrogeologist or geologist licensed to practice geology in the State of Alabama

Existing law provides that no member may serve no more than a total of 18 years

This bill would limit commission members appointed on or after July 1, 2012, to two terms and would provide exceptions

Relating to the Alabama Environmental Management Commission; to amend Section 22-22A-6 of the Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the membership of the commission, to provide that the member previously required to have been certified by the National Water Well Association Certification Program must be certified at anytime by the National Ground Water Association Certification Program, or may be a hydrogeologist or geologist licensed to practice geology in the State of Alabama; and to further provide for the term of office and to provide exceptions.