1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 418 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 1, 1995; February 6, 1995, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 February 14, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 1-5 7, Nays 0; February 14, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the management of the Edwards Aquifer and the powers 1-9 and duties of the Edwards Underground Water District. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. (a) Section 1.41, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd 1-12 Legislature, 1993, is repealed. 1-13 (b) Chapter 99, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular 1-14 Session, 1959 (Article 8280-219, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is 1-15 not repealed by operation of Section 1.41, Chapter 626, Acts of the 1-16 73rd Legislature, 1993, and remains in effect as if that section 1-17 had not been passed and signed into law. 1-18 SECTION 2. Chapter 99, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular 1-19 Session, 1959 (Article 8280-219, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is 1-20 amended by adding Section 3D to read as follows: 1-21 Sec. 3D. LOANS AND GRANTS. Under the authority granted by 1-22 Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may 1-23 loan or grant money to any person for: 1-24 (1) water conservation equipment or technology for 1-25 water conservation on land used for cultivation or ranching in the 1-26 region; 1-27 (2) water conservation or development projects to 1-28 assist the growth of agriculture or economic development in the 1-29 region; or 1-30 (3) education in the region to promote innovation in 1-31 agricultural water conservation practices. 1-32 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-33 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-34 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-35 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-36 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-37 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-38 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-39 * * * * *