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R E S O L U T I O N
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of |
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Texas, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, That House Rule 13, |
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Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, |
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Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to |
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resolve the differences on Senate Bill 281 (administration and |
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powers of the Red River Authority of Texas) to consider and take |
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action on the following matter: |
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House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit the |
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committee to add text on a matter which is not in disagreement by |
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adding text in SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 19a, Chapter |
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279, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular Session, 1959, to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 19a. The Authority may purchase groundwater rights in |
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a county in the Authority's territory only if: |
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(1) there is a groundwater conservation district that |
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has jurisdiction over water wells located in the county; or |
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(2) in the case where a county is not in the |
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jurisdiction of a groundwater conservation district, the |
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commissioners court of the county approves the purchase of |
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groundwater rights by the Authority in the county. |
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Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify under what |
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conditions the Red River Authority of Texas may purchase |
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groundwater rights. |