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