By:  Deuell                                                       S.B. No. 1765
	(In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2003; March 24, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 
Relations; April 10, 2003, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 10, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to zoning around Lake Ralph Hall.                                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter G, Chapter 231, Local 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER G.  ZONING AROUND LAKE ALAN HENRY, LAKE COOPER, [AND] 
POST LAKE, AND LAKE RALPH HALL
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 231.131, Local 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The legislature finds that:                                               
		(1)  the areas that surround Lake Alan Henry, Lake 
Cooper, Lake Ralph Hall, and Post Lake are or will be frequented for 
recreational purposes by residents from every part of the state;
		(2)  orderly development and use of the area is of 
concern to the entire state; and
		(3)  buildings in the area that will be frequented for 
resort or recreational purposes will tend to become congested and 
to be used in ways that interfere with the proper use of the area as 
a place of recreation to the detriment of the public health, safety, 
morals, and general welfare.
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Section 231.132, Local 
Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  This subchapter applies to:                                               
		(1)  those parts of Garza County located within one 
mile of the high water marks established for Lake Alan Henry and 
Post Lake except land located in Garza County and owned by the White 
River Municipal Water District;
		(2)  those parts of Kent County located within one mile 
of the high water marks established for Lake Alan Henry; [and]
		(3)  the area within 10,000 feet of where the shoreline 
of Lake Cooper would be if the lake were filled to its storage 
capacity; and
		(4)  the area within 5,000 feet of where the shoreline 
of Lake Ralph Hall would be if the lake were filled to its storage 
capacity.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.



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