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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment and operation of a spatial reference |
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center at Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 88, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 88.503 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 88.503. SPATIAL REFERENCE CENTER. (a) The board may |
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create and operate a spatial reference center at Texas A&M |
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University--Corpus Christi for the purpose of: |
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(1) facilitating the federal height modernization |
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project for the state; |
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(2) conducting basic and applied research regarding |
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elevation and geodetic and vertical datums in the state; |
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(3) collecting geodetic data for state mapping and |
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control; and |
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(4) establishing and maintaining an official digital |
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spatial reference system for the state, in coordination with: |
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(A) the United States National Geodetic Survey; |
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(B) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric |
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Administration; and |
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(C) the Texas Water Development Board. |
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(b) The board shall adopt rules relating to the operation of |
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the spatial reference center. |
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(c) The spatial reference center may solicit and accept |
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gifts, grants, and appropriations for the purposes of this section. |
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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. |