79R3550 QS-F
By: Luna H.B. No. 1250
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.004, Natural Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (15) to read as follows:
(15) "Network" means the Texas Coastal Ocean
Observation Network.
SECTION 2. Section 33.051, Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 33.051. GENERAL DUTY. The board, the council, [and]
the land office, and the network shall perform the duties provided
in this subchapter.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 33, Natural Resources
Code, is amended by adding Section 33.065 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.065. TEXAS COASTAL OCEAN OBSERVATION NETWORK. (a)
The Texas Coastal Ocean Observation Network is a cooperative
project of Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi, Lamar University,
the Texas Water Development Board, and the land office.
(b) The network shall collect data on natural processes
affecting the coast for the purpose of studying, planning for, and
managing human uses of the coast as they are affected by those
natural processes.
(c) The participating state entities shall coordinate the
project with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other
appropriate entities, including private entities.
(d) The participating state entities may contract and enter
into agreements with the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and other
appropriate entities, including private entities, as necessary to
carry out their duties under this section.
SECTION 4. Chapter 616, Acts of the 73rd Legislature,
Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.
SECTION 5. 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.