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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an interim study regarding the composition of the Lower |
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Colorado River Authority board of directors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. INTERIM COMMITTEE; STUDY. (a) A joint interim |
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committee consisting of the members of the Senate Committee on |
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Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs and the members of the House |
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Committee on Natural Resources is created to study the effects of |
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altering the composition of the Lower Colorado River Authority |
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board of directors. |
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(b) The study must consider: |
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(1) expanding the board from 15 directors to 17 |
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directors; |
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(2) reducing the number of directors appointed from |
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counties served with electric power from three directors to two |
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directors; |
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(3) appointing two directors to represent |
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agricultural interests; and |
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(4) appointing one director to represent interests |
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related to the ecological health and economic productivity of bays |
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and estuaries affected by the Lower Colorado River Authority. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2016, the joint interim |
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committee shall report the committee's findings and |
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recommendations to the members of the legislature. |
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SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The committee is |
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abolished and this Act expires December 31, 2016. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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1, 2015. |