Bill Text: TX HB3537 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the feasibility of creating and maintaining a coastal barrier system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-13 - Left pending in committee [HB3537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3537-Introduced.html
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By: Paul | H.B. No. 3537 |
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relating to the feasibility of creating and maintaining a coastal | ||
barrier system. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) The legislature shall establish a joint | ||
interim committee to continue to study the implementation of a | ||
coastal barrier system in this state that includes a series of gates | ||
and barriers to prevent storm surge damage to gulf beaches or | ||
coastal ports, industry, or property. | ||
(b) The committee is composed of: | ||
(1) the members of the standing committee of the | ||
senate that has primary jurisdiction over natural resources; | ||
(2) the members of the standing committee of the house | ||
of representatives that has primary jurisdiction over land and | ||
resource management; | ||
(3) two members of the senate appointed by the | ||
lieutenant governor, each of whom represents a district in a county | ||
that borders the Gulf of Mexico; and | ||
(4) two members of the house of representatives | ||
appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, each of | ||
whom represents a district in a county that borders the Gulf of | ||
Mexico. | ||
(c) The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives shall jointly designate a chair or, alternatively, | ||
designate two co-chairs from among the committee membership. | ||
(d) The committee may adopt rules necessary to carry out the | ||
committee's duties under this section. | ||
(e) Not later than December 1, 2022, the committee shall | ||
report to the governor and the legislature the findings of the study | ||
and any recommendations developed by the committee under this | ||
section. | ||
(f) The committee is abolished and this Act expires January | ||
9, 2023. | ||
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, 2021. |