H.R. No. 2472
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
  Texas, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That House Rule 13,
  Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
  Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
  resolve the differences on Senate Bill 28 (relating to financial
  assistance provided and programs administered by the Texas Water
  Development Board) to consider and take action on the following
  matters:
         (1)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit
  the committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2
  of the bill, by omitting text in added Section 15.153(a), Water
  Code. The omitted text reads:
  the acquisition or creation of
         Explanation: The change is necessary to limit the purposes
  for which money in the new water supply for Texas fund may be used.
         (2)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit
  the committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2
  of the bill, by omitting added Section 15.153(b)(1)(A), Water Code.
  The omitted text reads:
                     (A)  the acquisition of water from other states;
         Explanation: The change is necessary to limit the purposes
  for which money in the new water supply for Texas fund may be used.
         (3)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit
  the committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2
  of the bill, by omitting text in added Section 15.153(b)(3), Water
  Code. The omitted text reads:
  only for the acquisition or transfer of water originating outside
  this state
         Explanation: The change is necessary to limit the purposes
  for which money in the new water supply for Texas fund may be used.
         (4)  House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit
  the committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 6
  of the bill, by omitting added Section 15.502(d), Water Code. The
  omitted text reads:
         (d)  The comptroller may not use the fund for certification
  under Section 49a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
         Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify the purposes
  for which the Texas water fund may be used.
 
  King of Uvalde
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 2472 was adopted by the House on May
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House