By: Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 622

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013; April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the report by the General Land Office to the legislature on the effectiveness of the coastal management program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 33.204(f), Natural Resources Code, is amended to read as follows:

(f) The land office, in coordination with other agencies and subdivisions, shall prepare a biennial [an annual] report on the effectiveness of the coastal management program. On or before January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the land office shall send the report to the legislature [each of the previous two annual reports].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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