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Relating to the conservation, development, and protection and enhancement of the quality of, and flood and subsidence control for, surface and underground water and bays and estuaries and providing various financing mechanisms to finance conservation, development, and protection and enhancement of the quality of, and flood, subsidence control, recharge, desalinization, and chloride control for, surface and underground water and agricultural soil and water conservation.

Last action: See remarks

Author: Tom Craddick
Sponsor: John Montford

Remarks: Enabling legislation for hjr6. House Conferees: Craddick- Chair, Geistweidt, Clark, Buchanan, Staniswalis. Senate Conferees: Montford- Chair, Santiesteban, Truan, Lyon, Brown. Effective on adoption of HJR6 by voters on 11/5/85.

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 1985, 69th R.S.,ch. 133, General and Special Laws of Texas

Companion:

SB 138 (Identical)

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (House Study Group)

Gubernatorial documents:

Submitting emergency matters to the 69th Legislature: HB 2/SB 138, relating to conservation, development, and protection and enhancement of the quality of, and flood and subsidence control for, surface and underground water and bays and estuaries and providing various financing mechanisms . . .; and HJR 6/SJR 7, authorizing $600 million Texas Water Development Bonds for water conservation, water development, water quality . . .

Subjects:
BONDS
Special Districts & Authorities--Soil & Water Conservation
State Finances--Management & Control
WATER--CONSERVATION
Water--Development

House Committee: Natural Resources ()
Minutes: January 22 1985 | February 4 1985 | February 6 1985
Senate Committee: Natural Resources (H. Santiesteban, John Montford, Lindon Williams, J.E. Brown, Glenn Kothmann, Cynthia Krier, Ted Lyon, Bill Sarpalius, Bill Sims, Carlos Truan, Hector Uribe, John Whitmire)
Minutes: February 20 1985 | October 25 1985

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