By: Estes  S.B. No. 1289
         (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources and
  Economic Development; April 8, 2015, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 8, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the continuation and duties of the Red River Boundary
  Commission.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 12.056, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 12.056.  POWERS AND DUTIES.  The commission shall
  confer and act jointly with representatives appointed on behalf of
  the State of Oklahoma to:
               (1)  evaluate the methods, surveys, historical maps,
  and other information used to establish the boundary line between
  this state and the State of Oklahoma in the Texoma area;
               (2)  determine the location of the south bank of the Red
  River as the bank was located and marked by the United States Army
  Corps of Engineers before the beginning of construction of Lake
  Texoma, in accordance with Article II(c), Red River Boundary
  Compact, Section 12.002;
               (3)  redraw the boundary line between this state and
  the State of Oklahoma on any real property for which the United
  States Army Corps of Engineers granted an easement before August
  31, 2000, to at least two districts or authorities created under
  Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, for the construction,
  operation, and maintenance of a water pipeline and related
  facilities in the Texoma area in order to negate any effects the
  boundary as it is currently drawn has on property interests
  associated with those easements in the Texoma area, in such a way
  that there is no net loss of property between either state so as to
  ensure that the redrawn boundary does not increase the political
  power or influence of either state, and in accordance with:
                     (A)  the Lake Texoma preconstruction survey of the
  south bank of the Red River prepared by the United States Army Corps
  of Engineers; or
                     (B)  other historical records or documentation of
  the United States Army Corps of Engineers identifying the location
  of the south bank of the Red River, if the survey described by
  Subdivision (3)(A) is unavailable;
               (4)  hold hearings and conferences in this state and in
  the State of Oklahoma as necessary to accomplish the purposes of
  this section; and
               (5)  take other action, alone or in cooperation with
  the State of Oklahoma or the United States, necessary to accomplish
  the purposes of this section.
         SECTION 2.  Section 12.057(b), Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Not later than July 30, 2017 [2015], the commission
  shall issue a final report to the governor, lieutenant governor,
  speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees
  of the legislature.
         SECTION 3.  Section 12.058, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 12.058.  EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
  expires December 31, 2017 [2015].
         SECTION 4.  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, 2015.
 
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