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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an interim study regarding the composition of the |
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boards of directors of certain river authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. INTERIM COMMITTEE; STUDY. (a) A joint interim |
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committee consisting of the members of the Senate Committee on |
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Natural Resources and Economic Development and the members of the |
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House Committee on Natural Resources is created to study the |
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effects of altering the composition of the boards of directors of |
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the following river authorities: |
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(1) Angelina and Neches River Authority; |
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(2) Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater |
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District; |
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(3) Brazos River Authority; |
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(4) Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; |
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(5) Lavaca-Navidad River Authority; |
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(6) Lower Colorado River Authority; |
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(7) Lower Neches Valley Authority; |
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(8) Nueces River Authority; |
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(9) Red River Authority of Texas; |
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(10) Sabine River Authority of Texas; |
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(11) San Jacinto River Authority; |
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(12) Sulphur River Basin Authority; |
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(13) Trinity River Authority of Texas; |
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(14) Upper Colorado River Authority; and |
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(15) Upper Guadalupe River Authority. |
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(b) The study must consider the benefits and logistics of: |
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(1) adding two elected members to each board of |
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directors; and |
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(2) adding one elected member to each board of |
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directors and reducing the appointed members by one for each board |
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of directors. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2022, the joint interim |
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committee shall report the committee's findings and |
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recommendations to the members of the legislature. |
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SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The committee is |
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abolished and this Act expires December 31, 2022. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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1, 2021. |