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By: Hegar |
S.B. No. 2329 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; |
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April 14, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 2; April 14, 2009, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2329 |
By: Hegar |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to abolition of the Edwards Aquifer Legislative Oversight |
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Committee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 1.25, Chapter 626, Acts |
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of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) The authority, in conjunction with the South Central |
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Texas Water Advisory Committee, the Texas Water Development Board, |
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and underground water conservation districts within the |
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authority's boundaries, shall develop a 20-year plan for providing |
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alternative supplies of water to the region, with five-year goals |
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and objectives, to be implemented by the authority and reviewed |
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annually by the appropriate state agencies and the standing |
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committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary |
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jurisdiction over natural resources [Edwards Aquifer Legislative
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Oversight Committee]. The authority, advisory committee, Texas |
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Water Development Board, and districts, in developing the plan, |
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shall: |
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(1) thoroughly investigate all alternative |
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technologies; |
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(2) investigate mechanisms for providing financial |
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assistance for alternative supplies through the Texas Water |
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Development Board; and |
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(3) perform a cost-benefit analysis and an |
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environmental analysis. |
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SECTION 2. Section 3.01, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed. |
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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. |
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