HBA-RBT C.S.H.B. 3620 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 3620
By: Lewis, Ron
Natural Resources
4/15/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, a navigation district having within it a city with a population
of over 250,000 has the authority to exchange land or interests in land
with other landowners.  C.S.H.B. 3620 extends that authority to any
navigation district.  This bill also specifies that the land can be
exchanged with public or private entities.  This bill also provides that it
does not affect a limitation or condition contained in a lease of land by
the state to a navigation district, a conveyance of land from the state to
a navigation district under former Article 8225, V.T.C.S., any other
general or special law, or in any way affect Sections 61.116 (Lease of
State Owned Land and Flats) or 61.117 (Limitations on Sales and Use of
State Lands and Flats), Water Code. 
 
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 1, Article 8247f, V.T.C.S. (Chapter 176, Acts of
the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955), to provide that the governing
board of a navigation district, rather than only a district which contains
a city with more than 250,000 population, has the authority to exchange
lands with any other public or private landowner, or convey to another
state or federal governmental entity, person, firm or corporation lands
owned and held by the navigation district.  Makes a nonsubstantive change. 

SECTION 2.  Provides that SECTION 1 does not affect a limitation or
condition contained in a lease of land by the state to a navigation
district, a conveyance of land from the state to a navigation district
under former Article 8225, V.T.C.S., any other general or special law, or
in any way affect Sections 61.116 (Lease of State Owned Land and Flats) or
61.117 (Limitations on Sales and Use of State Lands and Flats), Water Code. 

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute modifies the proposed original in SECTION 1 by deleting any
reference to population in Article 8247f, V.T.C.S. (Section 1, Chapter 176,
Acts of the 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955) of the substitute.
The original bill proposed that a city within a navigation district have a
minimum population of 5,000 in order for the district to have certain
authority to exchange lands. 

The substitute modifies the original by adding a SECTION 2 that provides
that SECTION 1 does not affect a limitation or condition contained in a
lease of land by the state to a navigation district, a conveyance of land
from the state to a navigation district under former Article 8225,
V.T.C.S., any other general or special law, or in any way affect Sections
61.116 (Lease of State Owned Land and Flats) or 61.117 (Limitations on
Sales and Use of State Lands and Flats), Water Code.