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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill No. 2513 (name and confirmation of, and certain fees |
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imposed by, the McLennan County Groundwater Conservation |
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District and the authority to create certain adjacent |
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groundwater conservation districts) to consider and take action |
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on the following matter: |
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(1) Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4) are suspended to permit |
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the conference committee to add the following: |
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SECTION 3. Section 8821.002, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8821.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a |
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groundwater conservation district in McLennan County created |
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under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, |
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Article XVI, Texas Constitution. The district is located in a |
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priority groundwater management area designated by the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality pursuant to Section 35.008, |
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Water Code. |
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Explanation: The addition of the SECTION to the bill is |
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necessary to recognize that the Southern Trinity Groundwater |
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Conservation District is in a priority groundwater management |
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area designated by the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality. |
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(2) Senate Rules 12.03(3) and (4) are suspended to permit |
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the conference committee to add the following: |
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SECTION 8. Notwithstanding Sections 35.012 and 36.0151, |
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Water Code, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall |
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not, before September 1, 2011, create a groundwater conservation |
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district: |
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(1) in the priority groundwater management area in which |
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the Southern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District is |
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located; or |
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(2) in a priority groundwater management area that is |
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adjacent to the priority groundwater management area in which the |
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Southern Trinity Groundwater Conservation District is located. |
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Explanation: The addition of the SECTION to the bill is |
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necessary to delay until September 11, 2011, the requirement for |
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the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to create a |
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groundwater conservation district in the same priority |
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groundwater management area in which the Southern Trinity |
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Groundwater Conservation District is located or in a priority |
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groundwater management area that is adjacent to that district. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 31, 2009. |
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_______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |