By: Eiland (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 622
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 4, 2013;
April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the report by the General Land Office to the legislature
on the effectiveness of the coastal management program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.204(f), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(f) The land office, in coordination with other agencies and
subdivisions, shall prepare a biennial [an annual] report on the
effectiveness of the coastal management program. On or before
January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the land office shall send the
report to the legislature [each of the previous two annual
reports].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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