H.R. No. 2967
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, 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 726 (the creation of the
Harrison County and Prairielands Groundwater Conservation
Districts, providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds and
granting a limited power of eminent domain) to consider and take
action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit the
committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed Section
8850.005, Special District Local Laws Code, in both versions of the
bill, that reads as follows:
Sec. 8850.005. DISTRICT TERRITORY REQUIREMENTS;
DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. (a) On September 1, 2013, the district
boundaries must include at least one county adjacent to Harrison
County.
(b) As soon as practicable after September 1, 2013, the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall determine whether
the district complies with Subsection (a).
(c) If the commission determines that the district does not
comply with Subsection (a), the commission shall dissolve the
district in accordance with Sections 36.304, 36.305, 36.307,
36.308, 36.309, and 36.310, Water Code, regardless of whether the
district meets the criteria for dissolution under Section
36.304(a), Water Code.
(d) This section expires September 1, 2015.
Explanation: The omission is necessary because this
provision is not essential to the creation, duties, or powers of the
district.
Hughes
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2967 was adopted by the House on May
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House