1-1     By:  Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Brown)                  H.B. No. 2793
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Natural Resources; May 2, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 2, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the share of the cost of a coastal erosion response
 1-9     study or project required to be paid by a qualified project partner
1-10     under an agreement with the commissioner of the General Land
1-11     Office.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1. Section 33.603(c), Natural Resources Code, is
1-14     amended to read as follows:
1-15           (c)  An agreement between the commissioner and a qualified
1-16     project partner to undertake a coastal erosion response study or
1-17     project:
1-18                 (1)  must require the qualified project partner to pay
1-19     at least 15 [25] percent of the shared project cost:
1-20                       (A)  before completion of the project; or
1-21                       (B)  following completion of the project, in
1-22     accordance with a schedule provided by the agreement; and
1-23                 (2)  may contain other terms governing the study or
1-24     project.
1-25           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-26     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-27     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-28     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-29     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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