| 1 | 1 | | 85R11288 JAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Walle H.B. No. 3197 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the establishment of a task force to conduct a |
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| 8 | 8 | | comprehensive study on flood control infrastructure for Harris and |
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| 9 | 9 | | Galveston Counties. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "task force" means the task |
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| 12 | 12 | | force on flood control infrastructure established under this |
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| 13 | 13 | | section. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) The task force is established to conduct a comprehensive |
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| 15 | 15 | | flood control infrastructure study for Harris and Galveston |
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| 16 | 16 | | Counties. The study must: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) assess the existing infrastructure in Harris and |
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| 18 | 18 | | Galveston Counties with respect to flood control; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) identify infrastructure improvements necessary to |
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| 20 | 20 | | mitigate flooding in those counties. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) The task force is composed of 11 members as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (1) one person appointed by the governor; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) one person appointed by the lieutenant governor; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) one person appointed by the speaker of the house of |
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| 25 | 25 | | representatives; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (4) two representatives of the University of Houston's |
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| 27 | 27 | | Hobby School of Public Affairs or Cullen College of Engineering, |
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| 28 | 28 | | one of whom is appointed by the author of this Act and one of whom is |
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| 29 | 29 | | appointed by the sponsor of this Act; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (5) two representatives of Texas Southern University's |
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| 31 | 31 | | Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs or Department |
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| 32 | 32 | | of Transportation Studies, one of whom is appointed by the author of |
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| 33 | 33 | | this Act and one of whom is appointed by the sponsor of this Act; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (6) one representative of the mayor of the City of |
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| 35 | 35 | | Houston, appointed by the mayor; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (7) one representative of the Harris County |
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| 37 | 37 | | Commissioners Court, appointed by the commissioners court; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (8) one other person appointed by the author of this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | (9) one other person appointed by the sponsor of this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (d) One member appointed under Subsection (c)(4) of this |
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| 43 | 43 | | section serves as the presiding officer of the task force, and one |
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| 44 | 44 | | member appointed under Subsection (c)(5) of this section serves as |
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| 45 | 45 | | the assistant presiding officer. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (e) The Hobby School of Public Affairs and the Cullen |
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| 47 | 47 | | College of Engineering of the University of Houston shall provide |
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| 48 | 48 | | necessary staff and administrative support to the task force. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (f) The task force shall prepare a report that includes: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) a description of the activities of the task force; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (2) the findings and recommendations of the task |
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| 52 | 52 | | force, including any proposed policy recommendations; and |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) any proposals for legislation or other matters the |
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| 54 | 54 | | task force considers appropriate. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (g) Not later than December 1, 2018, the task force shall |
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| 56 | 56 | | submit the report prepared under this section to: |
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| 57 | 57 | | (1) the governor; |
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| 58 | 58 | | (2) the lieutenant governor; |
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| 59 | 59 | | (3) the speaker of the house of representatives; and |
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| 60 | 60 | | (4) the presiding officers of the standing committees |
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| 61 | 61 | | of the senate and house of representatives having primary |
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| 62 | 62 | | jurisdiction over issues relating to flood control infrastructure. |
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| 63 | 63 | | (h) The task force is abolished and this Act expires January |
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| 64 | 64 | | 1, 2019. |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 2. This Act does not make an appropriation. A |
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| 66 | 66 | | provision of this Act that imposes a new duty on a governmental |
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| 67 | 67 | | entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the |
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| 68 | 68 | | legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the |
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| 69 | 69 | | provision. |
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| 70 | 70 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 71 | 71 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 72 | 72 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 73 | 73 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 74 | 74 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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