2002 House Bill 5685

Introduced in the House

Feb. 20, 2002

Introduced by Rep. Alexander Lipsey (D-60)

To establish a citizen oversight commission for the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), and give the commission authority to hire and fire the DEQ director. Prior to its creation as a new department separate from the Department of Natural Resources in the early 1990s, the department was under the oversight of the Natural Resources Commission.

Referred to the Committee on Land Use and Environment