By: VanDeaver (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 4166
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019;
April 30, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
Rural Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study of the feasibility of the expansion of
navigation on the Red River by the Red River Authority of Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Red River Authority of Texas shall study
the feasibility of increasing navigation on the Red River between
Texarkana and Denison by completing the navigation system of locks
and dams or other means.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2021, the Red River Authority
of Texas shall submit to the standing committees of the legislature
having jurisdiction over navigation a report on the findings of the
study.
(c) This section expires January 2, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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