84R25406 AAF-D
By: Spitzer, Metcalf H.B. No. 3718
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3718:
By: Phillips C.S.H.B. No. 3718
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the possible use of certain state-owned land for border
security.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. EVALUATION. The General Land Office shall
evaluate the possible use of state-owned land within 25 miles of the
Texas-Mexico border or inside the cattle fever tick permanent
quarantine line for purposes of border security. The General Land
Office shall evaluate the possible use of the land:
(1) as a staging area for law enforcement operations;
(2) for additional facilities for the Texas National
Guard; and
(3) for the physical security of the Texas-Mexico
border.
SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than September 1, 2016, the
General Land Office shall submit a report on the results of the
evaluation and any resulting recommendations to the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the members of the legislature.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2015.