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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the acquisition, dissemination, and use of certain |
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geographic information system data. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.021(e), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) Under the guidance of the TGIC, the executive |
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administrator shall: |
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(1) further develop the Texas Natural Resources |
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Information System by promoting and providing for effective |
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acquisition, archiving, documentation, indexing, and dissemination |
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of natural resource and related digital and nondigital data and |
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information; |
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(2) obtain information in response to disagreements |
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regarding names and name spellings for natural and cultural |
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features in the state and provide this information to the Board on |
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Geographic Names of the United States Department of the Interior; |
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(3) make recommendations to the Board on Geographic |
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Names of the United States Department of the Interior for naming any |
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natural or cultural feature subject to the limitations provided by |
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Subsection (f); |
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(4) make recommendations to the Department of |
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Information Resources to adopt and promote standards that |
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facilitate sharing of digital natural resource data and related |
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socioeconomic data among federal, state, and local governments and |
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other interested parties; |
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(5) acquire and disseminate natural resource and |
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related socioeconomic data describing the Texas-Mexico border |
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region; [and] |
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(6) coordinate, conduct, and facilitate the |
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development, maintenance, and use of mutually compatible statewide |
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digital base maps depicting natural resources and man-made |
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features; and |
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(7) acquire and make available to state agencies |
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geographic information system data for areas of the United States |
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and Mexico that are within 150 miles of the Texas border. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Texas |
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Geographic Information Council shall issue a report containing |
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recommendations on how the state and local governmental entities |
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may make best use of geographic information system data to respond |
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to emergencies, including data provided by federal, state, and |
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local governmental entities and private entities. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2009. |