| 1 | 1 | | 84R25406 AAF-D |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | By: Spitzer, Metcalf H.B. No. 3718 |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3718: |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | By: Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 3718 |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | relating to the possible use of certain state-owned land for border |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | security. |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. EVALUATION. The General Land Office shall |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | evaluate the possible use of state-owned land within 25 miles of the |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | Texas-Mexico border or inside the cattle fever tick permanent |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | quarantine line for purposes of border security. The General Land |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | Office shall evaluate the possible use of the land: |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | (1) as a staging area for law enforcement operations; |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | (2) for additional facilities for the Texas National |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | Guard; and |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | (3) for the physical security of the Texas-Mexico |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | border. |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2016, the |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | General Land Office shall submit a report on the results of the |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | evaluation and any resulting recommendations to the governor, the |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | lieutenant governor, and the members of the legislature. |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
|---|