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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