By:  McClendon                                                    H.B. No. 3250



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study of flood control in certain counties.                     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  FLOOD CONTROL INTERIM STUDY                                        
	(a)  The Texas House of Representatives shall conduct a study 
of:            
		(1)  methods of flood control in Texas;                                       
		(2)  local, state and federal flood control activities; 
and                 
		(3)  governmental cooperation between local entities;                         
		(4)  improved governmental mechanisms to prioritize 
and streamline flood control efforts;
		(5)  the need for a regional system of flood control;                         
		(5)  the potential of flood control districts to 
improve flood control efforts;
	SECTION 2:  AREAS OF STUDY.  The study shall include a county 
with a population not less than 1,300,000 and not more than 
1,400,000, according to the most recent federal decennial census.
	SECTION 3:  A report on the study and recommendation shall be 
delivered to the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of 
representatives no later than November 1, 2004.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.