Bill Text: TX HCR124 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Concurrent Resolution 124 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Expressing support for a revised Coastal Texas Protection and Restoration Feasibility Study.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

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



	CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	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.