| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2967 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of |
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| 6 | 6 | | Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13, |
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| 7 | 7 | | Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, |
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| 8 | 8 | | Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to |
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| 9 | 9 | | resolve the differences on Senate Bill 726 (the creation of the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Harrison County and Prairielands Groundwater Conservation |
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| 11 | 11 | | Districts, providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds and |
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| 12 | 12 | | granting a limited power of eminent domain) to consider and take |
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| 13 | 13 | | action on the following matter: |
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| 14 | 14 | | House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit the |
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| 15 | 15 | | committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed Section |
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| 16 | 16 | | 8850.005, Special District Local Laws Code, in both versions of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | bill, that reads as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 8850.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY REQUIREMENTS; |
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| 19 | 19 | | DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. (a) On September 1, 2013, the district |
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| 20 | 20 | | boundaries must include at least one county adjacent to Harrison |
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| 21 | 21 | | County. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) As soon as practicable after September 1, 2013, the |
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| 23 | 23 | | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall determine whether |
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| 24 | 24 | | the district complies with Subsection (a). |
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| 25 | 25 | | (c) If the commission determines that the district does not |
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| 26 | 26 | | comply with Subsection (a), the commission shall dissolve the |
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| 27 | 27 | | district in accordance with Sections 36.304, 36.305, 36.307, |
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| 28 | 28 | | 36.308, 36.309, and 36.310, Water Code, regardless of whether the |
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| 29 | 29 | | district meets the criteria for dissolution under Section |
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| 30 | 30 | | 36.304(a), Water Code. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (d) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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| 32 | 32 | | Explanation: The omission is necessary because this |
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| 33 | 33 | | provision is not essential to the creation, duties, or powers of the |
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| 34 | 34 | | district. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Hughes |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | 38 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2967 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 39 | 39 | | 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 40 | 40 | | voting. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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