Bill Text: TX HB792 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State Forest.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB792 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB792-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Toth | H.B. No. 792 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 792: | |||
| By: Zwiener | C.S.H.B. No. 792 | ||
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| relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State | ||
| Forest. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 88, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 88.1085 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 88.1085. USE OF LAND IN WILLIAM GOODRICH JONES STATE | ||
| FOREST. (a) For the purpose of this section, the "Jones State | ||
| Forest" means the real property owned by the state for the use and | ||
| benefit of The Texas A&M University System to demonstrate | ||
| reforestation work and sound forest management under the Texas A&M | ||
| Forest Service, consisting of approximately 1,722 acres in | ||
| Montgomery County, and formally dedicated and named the William | ||
| Goodrich Jones State Forest. | ||
| (b) The entire territory of the Jones State Forest must | ||
| remain natural, scenic, undeveloped, and open in a manner that | ||
| maintains the tree canopy cover of the forest. No statute, rule, | ||
| policy, or ordinance may be enforced with respect to the territory | ||
| of the Jones State Forest, other than a statute, rule, policy, or | ||
| ordinance that protects and conserves the natural resources, air | ||
| quality, or water quality of the Jones State Forest. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
