Bill Text: TX HB1603 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to certain powers and duties of the Palo Duro River Authority of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-22 - No action taken in committee [HB1603 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1603-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to certain powers and duties of the Palo Duro River Authority of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-22 - No action taken in committee [HB1603 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1603-Introduced.html
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By: Price | H.B. No. 1603 |
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relating to certain powers and duties of the Palo Duro River | ||
Authority of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 438, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 1973, is amended by adding Sections 3A and 3B and | ||
amending Section 5 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3A. The Authority may: | ||
(1) develop and generate electric energy by means of | ||
renewable energy resources inside the boundaries of the Authority; | ||
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(2) distribute and sell electric energy to: | ||
(A) an entity in the Electric Reliability Council | ||
of Texas power region; or | ||
(B) an entity in the Southwest Power Pool power | ||
region. | ||
Sec. 3B. The Authority may lease: | ||
(1) the hunting rights on property owned by the | ||
Authority; and | ||
(2) property owned by the Authority for any | ||
recreational purpose. | ||
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(b) The Authority may sell, trade, or otherwise dispose of | ||
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(c) The Authority may develop and manage groundwater on | ||
property owned by the Authority and may lease the rights to | ||
groundwater from owners of property located inside the Authority. | ||
The Authority may sell groundwater developed or acquired under this | ||
section to an entity located in Region A as established by the Texas | ||
Water Development Board for the purposes of regional water planning | ||
under Section 16.053, Water Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |