| 1 | 1 | | 86R12395 CLE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Metcalf H.C.R. No. 118 |
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| 5 | 5 | | CONCURRENT RESOLUTION |
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| 6 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The costly and wrenching destruction of Hurricane |
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| 7 | 7 | | Harvey demonstrates the importance of moving forward with planning |
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| 8 | 8 | | and constructing flood mitigation projects on a coordinated and |
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| 9 | 9 | | collaborative basis; and |
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| 10 | 10 | | WHEREAS, In Eye of the Storm, the November 2018 report of the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas, the Governor's Commission |
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| 12 | 12 | | notes that to "future-proof" Texas against future flood events, the |
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| 13 | 13 | | structure of a state-local partnership for flood mitigation |
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| 14 | 14 | | projects needs to be well-planned and widely accepted by |
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| 15 | 15 | | stakeholders; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, To ensure that state and local partnerships for |
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| 17 | 17 | | flood mitigation projects have widespread support, the Governor's |
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| 18 | 18 | | Commission proposes a study committee to examine the need for and |
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| 19 | 19 | | possible structure of a state-local partnership; the committee's |
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| 20 | 20 | | examination would include how such partnerships could promote |
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| 21 | 21 | | planning on a watershed basis; the committee would also study flood |
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| 22 | 22 | | control infrastructure in general, including dams, levees, |
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| 23 | 23 | | reservoirs, floodgates, and storm drains; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Flood events are both costly and devastating to the |
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| 25 | 25 | | state and its citizens, and every means to combat them should be |
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| 26 | 26 | | explored; now, therefore, be it |
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| 27 | 27 | | RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 28 | 28 | | hereby request the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house |
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| 29 | 29 | | of representatives to create a joint interim committee to study the |
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| 30 | 30 | | use of state and local partnerships and flood control |
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| 31 | 31 | | infrastructure in general to help future-proof Texas against future |
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| 32 | 32 | | flood events on a watershed basis; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That the committee be composed of the following |
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| 34 | 34 | | members: the chair of the House Natural Resources Committee and the |
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| 35 | 35 | | chair of the Senate Committee on Water and Rural Affairs and two |
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| 36 | 36 | | members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and two |
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| 37 | 37 | | members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of |
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| 38 | 38 | | the house; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 39 | | RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including |
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| 40 | 40 | | findings and recommendations, to the legislature and the governor |
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| 41 | 41 | | by November 1, 2020; and, be it further |
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| 42 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That the committee's proceedings and operations be |
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| 43 | 43 | | governed by such general rules and policies for interim committees |
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| 44 | 44 | | as the 86th Texas Legislature may adopt. |
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