Bill Text: TX HCR124 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Expressing support for a revised Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Left pending in committee [HCR124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HCR124-Introduced.html
By: Middleton | H.C.R. No. 124 |
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WHEREAS, Throughout history, the Bolivar Peninsula and | ||
Galveston Island have weathered tremendous storms, each time | ||
rebuilding as stronger and more resilient communities; and | ||
WHEREAS, the Texas coastal region fuels the nation as the top | ||
region for waterborne commerce and is home to critical | ||
infrastructure that is integral to our national economy and our | ||
national security; and | ||
WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers has | ||
initiated the Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility | ||
Study to determine the feasibility of constructing coastal storm | ||
risk management and ecosystem restoration projects along the Texas | ||
Coast; the United States Army Corps of Engineers has recently | ||
concluded the public comment period on the Draft Integrated | ||
Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement where the | ||
Tentatively Selected Plan includes structures along the Bolivar | ||
Peninsula and Galveston Island; and | ||
WHEREAS, comments from the public expressed concern with the | ||
Tentatively Selected Plan due to negative consequences to homes, | ||
businesses, and the environment resulting from structures placed | ||
through the middle of the Bolivar Peninsula and the west end of | ||
Galveston Island, and a ring levee around the east end of Galveston | ||
Island; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas, | ||
supports a revised Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration | ||
Feasibility Study Tentatively Selected Plan that reflects | ||
community input from the Bolivar Peninsula and Galveston Island | ||
received during the public comment period; and be it further | ||
RESOLVED, The State of Texas recognizes the need of | ||
protecting the Texas coast; any structure on the Bolivar Peninsula | ||
and Galveston Island should protect and not damage the community; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the Texas Secretary of State forward official | ||
copies of this resolution to the Commissioner of the Texas General | ||
Land Office, the United States Army Corps of Engineers, and to all | ||
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record. |