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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the collection of certain data for the Texas Natural |
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Resources Information System and the duties of the Texas Geographic |
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Information Council. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 16.021(a) and (d), Water Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The executive administrator shall establish the Texas |
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Natural Resources Information System (TNRIS) to serve Texas |
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agencies and citizens as a centralized clearinghouse and referral |
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center for: |
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(1) natural resource data; |
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(2) [,] census data; |
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(3) data related to emergency management; [,] and |
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(4) other socioeconomic data. |
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(d) Member entities of the TGIC that are state agencies |
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shall, and member entities that are not state agencies may, provide |
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information to the TGIC about their investments in geographic |
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information and plans for its use. Not later than November |
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[September] 1 of each even-numbered year, the TGIC shall prepare |
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and provide to the board, the Department of Information Resources, |
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the governor, and the legislature a report that: |
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(1) describes the progress made by each TGIC member |
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entity toward achieving geographic information system goals and in |
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implementing [plan that inventories known state agency] geographic |
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information systems initiatives; and |
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(2) recommends additional [projects and recommends] |
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initiatives to improve the state's geographic information systems |
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programs. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |