By Eiland                                             H.B. No. 2793
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the share of the cost of a coastal erosion response
 1-3     study or project required to be paid by a qualified project partner
 1-4     under an agreement with the commissioner of the General Land
 1-5     Office.
 1-6           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-7           SECTION 1. Section 33.603(c), Natural Resources Code, is
 1-8     amended to read as follows:
 1-9           (c)  An agreement between the commissioner and a qualified
1-10     project partner to undertake a coastal erosion response study or
1-11     project:
1-12                 (1)  must require the qualified project partner to pay
1-13     at least 15 [25] percent of the shared project cost:
1-14                       (A)  before completion of the project; or
1-15                       (B)  following completion of the project, in
1-16     accordance with a schedule provided by the agreement; and
1-17                 (2)  may contain other terms governing the study or
1-18     project.
1-19           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.