1-1     By:  Shapleigh                                         S.B. No. 939
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2001; February 27, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
 1-4     Military Installations; March 22, 2001, reported favorably, as
 1-5     amended, by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 22, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                            By:  Shapleigh
 1-8           Amend S.B. No. 939, in Subsection (a), SECTION 1 (page 1,
 1-9     line 18), after the words "attract new military", by striking
1-10     "installations" and substituting "missions".
1-11                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-12                                   AN ACT
1-13     relating to certain studies of the Texas Strategic Military
1-14     Planning Commission.
1-15           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-16           SECTION 1.  (a)  The Texas Strategic Military Planning
1-17     Commission shall conduct a study to determine how the state can
1-18     attract new military installations and retain existing military
1-19     installations.  As part of the study, the commission shall:
1-20                 (1)  review practices used in other states to reduce
1-21     the costs associated with operating a military installation;
1-22                 (2)  determine whether those practices can be
1-23     implemented in Texas; and
1-24                 (3)  estimate the cost savings for the military that
1-25     would be generated by implementing those practices.
1-26           (b)  Not later than December 1, 2002, the Texas Strategic
1-27     Military Planning Commission shall report the results of the study
1-28     and any recommendations to:
1-29                 (1)  the governor;
1-30                 (2)  the lieutenant governor;
1-31                 (3)  the speaker of the house of representatives;
1-32                 (4)  the chair of the committee of the Texas House of
1-33     Representatives that has primary jurisdiction of matters concerning
1-34     state, federal, and international relations; and
1-35                 (5)  the chair of the committee of the Texas Senate
1-36     that has primary jurisdiction of matters concerning veteran affairs
1-37     and military installations.
1-38           (c)  This section expires September 1, 2003.
1-39           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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