HBA-DMD H.B. 794 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 794
By: Zbranek
Natural Resources
2/19/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

H.B. 3579, passed by the 75th Legislature, created the Chambers
County-Cedar Bayou Navigation District in order to improve the navigability
of Cedar Bayou, which forms part of the boundary between Chambers and
Harris Counties. However, an error in the legal description included a
residential subdivision in the district.  H.B. 794 corrects this error and
will reduce the district's size by approximately 220 acres.  The bill does
not change the taxing structure or any of the district's methods of
operation. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 3, Chapter 589, Acts of the 75th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1997, as follows: 

Sec.  3.  BOUNDARIES.  Replaces the existing legal description of the
territory to be included in the Chambers County-Cedar Bayou Navigation
District with a new legal description.  The new description covers 8420,
rather than 8640, acres of land situated wholly in Chambers County. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
                       Effective date: upon passage.