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| 1 | 1 | 85R13038 JAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Alonzo H.B. No. 2716 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a study by the Department of Agriculture of the transfer | |
| 8 | 8 | of water from the Mississippi River. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "department" means the | |
| 11 | 11 | Department of Agriculture. | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) The department shall conduct a study of the feasibility | |
| 13 | 13 | of and the costs and benefits associated with the transfer of water | |
| 14 | 14 | from the Mississippi River to this state by an underground aqueduct | |
| 15 | 15 | or covered canal. | |
| 16 | 16 | (c) In conducting the study, the department shall consult | |
| 17 | 17 | with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Water | |
| 18 | 18 | Development Board, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and | |
| 19 | 19 | the appropriate governmental agencies of any state that would be | |
| 20 | 20 | affected by the transfer. | |
| 21 | 21 | (d) The department may accept grants or private donations | |
| 22 | 22 | for the purposes of conducting the study under this section. | |
| 23 | 23 | (e) Not later than January 1, 2019, the department shall | |
| 24 | 24 | submit to the legislature a report containing the findings of the | |
| 25 | 25 | study conducted under this section. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act expires January 2, 2019. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |