87R10380 SLB-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 2227
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an interim study regarding the composition of the
boards of directors of certain river authorities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. INTERIM COMMITTEE; STUDY. (a) A joint interim
committee consisting of the members of the Senate Committee on
Natural Resources and Economic Development and the members of the
House Committee on Natural Resources is created to study the
effects of altering the composition of the boards of directors of
the following river authorities:
(1) Angelina and Neches River Authority;
(2) Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater
District;
(3) Brazos River Authority;
(4) Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority;
(5) Lavaca-Navidad River Authority;
(6) Lower Colorado River Authority;
(7) Lower Neches Valley Authority;
(8) Nueces River Authority;
(9) Red River Authority of Texas;
(10) Sabine River Authority of Texas;
(11) San Jacinto River Authority;
(12) Sulphur River Basin Authority;
(13) Trinity River Authority of Texas;
(14) Upper Colorado River Authority; and
(15) Upper Guadalupe River Authority.
(b) The study must consider the benefits and logistics of:
(1) adding two elected members to each board of
directors; and
(2) adding one elected member to each board of
directors and reducing the appointed members by one for each board
of directors.
(c) Not later than December 1, 2022, the joint interim
committee shall report the committee's findings and
recommendations to the members of the legislature.
SECTION 2. ABOLITION OF COMMITTEE. The committee is
abolished and this Act expires December 31, 2022.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1, 2021.