By Counts                                            H.C.R. No. 237
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                             HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1-1           WHEREAS, Under state law, the legislature is authorized to
 1-2     designate a site of unique value for the construction of a
 1-3     reservoir; and
 1-4           WHEREAS, A site on the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos
 1-5     River, in southern Stonewall County, merits such a designation by
 1-6     virtue of the storage and conservation advantages that a dam and
 1-7     reservoir at this location would afford; and
 1-8           WHEREAS, The construction and development of such a project,
 1-9     and the associated impoundment, diversion, and use of the
1-10     unappropriated flows of the Brazos River, are in the public
1-11     interest and would constitute a beneficial use of the water; and
1-12           WHEREAS, Conditions warrant a Texas Water Development Board
1-13     waiver of the requirement that the project meet needs in a manner
1-14     consistent with the state and regional water plans; and
1-15           WHEREAS, The cost of acquisition of the site for the project
1-16     exceeds the current financing capabilities of the area involved,
1-17     and the optimum regional development of the project cannot be
1-18     reasonably financed by local interests without state participation;
1-19     and
1-20           WHEREAS, It is therefore the intent of the legislature that
1-21     the project receive priority for existing and uncommitted bond
1-22     authorization in the state participation account of the Texas Water
1-23     Development Fund II; and
1-24           WHEREAS, The legislature finds it reasonable to expect that
 2-1     the state, in using that account to acquire up to 50 percent of the
 2-2     undivided interest in the project in partnership with local or
 2-3     regional interests, will recover its investment in the project;
 2-4     now, therefore, be it
 2-5           RESOLVED, That the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas,
 2-6     exercising its authority under Section 16.051(f)(2), Water Code,
 2-7     hereby designate the Double Mountain Fork of the Brazos River in
 2-8     southern Stonewall County as a site of unique value for the
 2-9     construction of a reservoir; and, be it further
2-10           RESOLVED, That the secretary of state forward an official
2-11     copy of this resolution to the executive director of the Texas
2-12     Water Development Board.