By: Hughes S.B. No. 1587

(In the Senate - Filed March 5, 2019; March 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development; March 21, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 21, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the delegation to the Railroad Commission of Texas of purchasing functions regarding the reclamation of certain abandoned mines.

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

SECTION 1. Section 2155.150(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The Railroad Commission of Texas is delegated all purchasing functions relating to purchases under:

(1) Chapter 89, Natural Resources Code; [or]

(2) Sections 81.067 and 81.068, Natural Resources Code; and

(3) Chapters 131 and 134, Natural Resources Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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