By:  Puente (Senate Sponsor - Duncan)                             H.B. No. 1224
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2005; 
April 12, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Natural Resources; May 13, 2005, reported favorably by the 
following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 13, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to a study of the effects of take-or-pay contracts on water 
conservation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  (a)  The executive administrator of the Texas 
Water Development Board shall conduct a study to determine the 
effects, if any, of take-or-pay contracts on efforts to conserve 
water.
	(b)  Not later than January 1, 2007, the executive 
administrator shall submit a report to the legislature that 
includes:
		(1)  a summary of the findings made during the course of 
the study; and     
		(2)  recommendations for legislative action based on 
those findings.        
	(c)  This Act expires September 1, 2007.                                       
	SECTION 2.  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, 2005.



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