Bill Text: TX HB908 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and duties of the Red River Boundary Commission.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 3)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective immediately [HB908 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB908-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 908

AN ACT
relating to the continuation and duties of the Red River Boundary
Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 12.056, Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 12.056. POWERS AND DUTIES. The commission shall
confer and act jointly with representatives appointed on behalf of
the State of Oklahoma to:
(1) evaluate the methods, surveys, historical maps,
and other information used to establish the boundary line between
this state and the State of Oklahoma in the Texoma area;
(2) determine the location of the south bank of the Red
River as the bank was located and marked by the United States Army
Corps of Engineers before the beginning of construction of Lake
Texoma, in accordance with Article II(c), Red River Boundary
Compact, Section 12.002;
(3) redraw the boundary line between this state and
the State of Oklahoma on any real property for which the United
States Army Corps of Engineers granted an easement before August
31, 2000, to at least two districts or authorities created under
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, for the construction,
operation, and maintenance of a water pipeline and related
facilities in the Texoma area in order to negate any effects the
boundary as it is currently drawn has on property interests
associated with those easements in the Texoma area, in such a way
that there is no net loss of property between either state so as to
ensure that the redrawn boundary does not increase the political
power or influence of either state, and in accordance with:
(A) the Lake Texoma preconstruction survey of the
south bank of the Red River prepared by the United States Army Corps
of Engineers; or
(B) other historical records or documentation of
the United States Army Corps of Engineers identifying the location
of the south bank of the Red River, if the survey described by
Subdivision (3)(A) is unavailable;
(4) hold hearings and conferences in this state and in
the State of Oklahoma as necessary to accomplish the purposes of
this section; and
(5) take other action, alone or in cooperation with
the State of Oklahoma or the United States, necessary to accomplish
the purposes of this section.
SECTION 2. Section 12.057(b), Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Not later than July 30, 2017 [2015], the commission
shall issue a final report to the governor, lieutenant governor,
speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees
of the legislature.
SECTION 3. Section 12.058, Natural Resources Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 12.058. EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
expires December 31, 2017 [2015].
SECTION 4. 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, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 908 was passed by the House on April
9, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 908 was passed by the Senate on May
13, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor