Wayne (Wayne) Smith (R-SH128)
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Capitol: 512.463.0733
FAX: 512.463.1323
District: 832.556.2002
Representative
Room CAP GW.8 Capitol Extension 1100 Congress Avenue
Austin, TX 78701

District Office:
909 Decker Drive
Baytown, TX 77520
Elected: 2002    Next Election: 2014
Spouse: Brenda   DOB: 8/17/1943
Committee Assignments
ChairmanHouse Committee on Licensing and Administrative Procedures
MemberHouse Committee on Culture, Recreation, and Tourism
Counties Representing
Harris

Bio

In November 2002, Representative Wayne Smith was elected to the Texas House of Representatives to serve District 128, encompassing Baytown, Deer Park, La Porte, Morgan=s Point, and portions of the unincorporated area of East Harris County. This Session Rep. Smith is serving as the Chairman of the Environmental Regulation committee as well as serving as a member on the County Affairs committee. Both committees are vital to the district. The Environmental Regulation committee has jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to air, land, and water pollution, including the environmental regulation of industrial development; the regulation of waste disposal; environmental matters that are regulated by the Department of State Health Services or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; oversight of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as it relates to environmental regulation; and the following state agencies- the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission and the board of the Texas Environmental Education Partnership Fund. As a representative from the ship channel area of Harris County, his assignment as Chairman of the Environmental Regulation committee is particularly important to District 128. County Affairs has jurisdiction over matters pertaining to the organization of counties and the governing bodies of counties, and has oversight of the Commission on Jail Standards. In addition to being Chair of the Environmental Regulation Committee and a member of the County Affairs Committee, Rep. Smith is a speaker appointee to the Environmental Permitting Review Board, Environmental and Natural Resource Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures, Texas Environmental Education Partnership Fund, and the Energy Council. Prior to his election, Rep. Smith was president of Wayne Smith and Associates, Inc. Consulting Engineers. Rep. Smith, a Licensed Professional Engineer and also a Registered Public Land Surveyor, remains active in professional activities. He was Construction Chairman of the Board of Directions of the Harris Country - Houston Sports Authority and Director of Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority and Coastal Water Authority before becoming an elected representative. Rep. Smith also served the U.S. Army in the Republic of Vietnam. Rep. Smith and his wife, Brenda, live in Baytown. He has two children and three grandchildren.