S.B. No. 471




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 Chapter 616, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.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.
______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 471 passed the Senate on March 31, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 471 passed the House on May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor