By:  Brown                                             S.R. No. 976

                                  SENATE RESOLUTION

 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 75th

 1-2     Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, That Senate Rule 12.03 be

 1-3     suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the

 1-4     conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate

 1-5     Bill No. 1 to consider and take action on the following specific

 1-6     matters:

 1-7           (1)  Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the

 1-8     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)  Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the

1-16     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

 2-1     water supplies crucial to the Rio Grande Valley will be made

 2-2     possible.

 2-3           (3)  Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the

 2-4     committee in SECTION 2.18 of the bill to refer to applications

 2-5     "received" instead of applications "filed."

 2-6           Explanation:  This change is necessary to properly describe

 2-7     application procedures of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation

 2-8     Commission.

 2-9                                  ______________________________________

2-10                                          President of the Senate

2-11                                       I hereby certify that the above

2-12                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate

2-13                                  on May 31, 1997, by the following

2-14                                  vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.

2-15                                  ______________________________________

2-16                                          Secretary of the Senate