R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State

 1-2     of Texas, 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, That House Rule

 1-3     13, Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule

 1-4     13, Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to

 1-5     resolve the differences on Senate Bill No. 1 to consider and take

 1-6     action on the following specific matters:

 1-7           (1)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit

 1-8     the committee to add text in SECTION  4.07 of the bill to amended

 1-9     Section 15.001(6)(A), Water Code,  to read as follows:

1-10           ", including planning activities and work to obtain

1-11     regulatory authority at the local, state, and federal level,".

1-12           Explanation:  This change is necessary to ensure that future

1-13     water supplies crucial to the Rio Grande Valley will be made

1-14     possible.

1-15           (2)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit

1-16     the committee to add text in SECTION 5.04 of the bill to amended

1-17     Section 17.001(7), Water Code,  to read as follows:

1-18                       "(D)  a channel storage reservoir located on an

1-19     international boundary between Texas and Mexico that develops the

1-20     water resources of Texas and the research, planning, and actions

1-21     necessary to obtain regulatory authority at the local, state, and

1-22     federal level".

1-23           Explanation:  This change is necessary to ensure that future

1-24     water supplies crucial to the Rio Grande Valley will be made

 2-1     possible.

 2-2           (3)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit

 2-3     the committee in SECTION 2.18 of the bill to refer to applications

 2-4     "received" instead of applications "filed."

 2-5           Explanation:  This change is necessary to properly describe

 2-6     application procedures of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation

 2-7     Commission.

                                                             Lewis of Orange

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                                                   Speaker of the House

               I certify that H.R. No. 1304 was adopted by the House on May

         31, 1997, by a non-record vote.

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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House