Bill Text: TX HR2472 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 28.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR2472 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR2472-Introduced.html

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88R33270 JAM-D
By: King of Uvalde H.R. No. 2472

R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), 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) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(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) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(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) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(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) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(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.