78R5452 RCJ-F


By:  Callegari                                                  H.J.R. No. 49 



A JOINT RESOLUTION

proposing a constitutional amendment relating to the provision of 
parks and recreational facilities by certain conservation and 
reclamation districts.
	BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                       
	SECTION 1.  Section 59(a), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The conservation and development of all of the natural 
resources of this State, and development of parks and recreational 
facilities, including the control, storing, preservation and 
distribution of its storm and flood waters, the waters of its rivers 
and streams, for irrigation, power and all other useful purposes, 
the reclamation and irrigation of its arid, semiarid and other 
lands needing irrigation, the reclamation and drainage of its 
overflowed lands, and other lands needing drainage, the 
conservation and development of its forests, water and 
hydro-electric power, the navigation of its inland and coastal 
waters, and the preservation and conservation of all such natural 
resources of the State are each and all hereby declared public 
rights and duties;  and the Legislature shall pass all such laws as 
may be appropriate thereto.
	SECTION 2.  The legislature intends by the amendment 
proposed by Section 1 of this resolution to expand the authority of 
conservation and reclamation districts with respect to parks and 
recreational facilities.  The proposed amendment should not be 
construed as a limitation on the powers of a district as those 
powers exist immediately before the amendment takes effect.
	SECTION 3.  This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 
submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 4, 2003.  
The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 
proposition: "The constitutional amendment relating to the 
provision of parks and recreational facilities by certain 
conservation and reclamation districts."