Bill Text: TX SR711 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction on SB 28.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-28 - Reported enrolled [SR711 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR711-Enrolled.html
By: Perry | S.R. No. 711 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be | ||
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the | ||
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on | ||
Senate Bill 28 (relating to financial assistance provided and | ||
programs administered by the Texas Water Development Board) to | ||
consider and take action on the following matters: | ||
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2 | ||
of the bill, by omitting text in added Section 15.153(a), Water | ||
Code. The omitted text reads: | ||
the acquisition or creation of | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to limit the | ||
purposes for which money in the new water supply for Texas fund | ||
may be used. | ||
(2) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2 | ||
of the bill, by omitting added Section 15.153(b)(1)(A), Water | ||
Code. The omitted text reads: | ||
(A) the acquisition of water from other | ||
states; | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to limit the | ||
purposes for which money in the new water supply for Texas fund | ||
may be used. | ||
(3) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 2 | ||
of the bill, by omitting text in added Section 15.153(b)(3), | ||
Water Code. The omitted text reads: | ||
only for the acquisition or transfer of water originating outside | ||
this state | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to limit the | ||
purposes for which money in the new water supply for Texas fund | ||
may be used. | ||
(4) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the | ||
committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 6 | ||
of the bill, by omitting added Section 15.502(d), Water Code. | ||
The omitted text reads: | ||
(d) The comptroller may not use the fund for | ||
certification under Section 49a, Article III, Texas | ||
Constitution. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to clarify the | ||
purposes for which the Texas water fund may be used. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 28, 2023, by | ||
the following vote: Yeas 31, | ||
Nays 0. | ||
_______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate |