1-1 By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 749 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 16, 2001; February 20, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; 1-4 April 9, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, 1-5 Nays 0; April 9, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the authority of the Texas Natural Resource 1-9 Conservation Commission to participate in environmental projects in 1-10 Mexico. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended 1-13 by adding Section 5.127 to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 5.127. ACTIONS IN MEXICO. The commission may take and 1-15 finance any action in Mexico, in cooperation with governmental 1-16 authorities of Mexico, that in the opinion of the commission: 1-17 (1) is necessary or convenient to accomplish a duty of 1-18 the commission imposed by law; and 1-19 (2) will yield benefits to the environment in this 1-20 state. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-22 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-23 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-24 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-25 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-26 * * * * *