SJR 6, 63rd R.S. history

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SJR 6, 63rd R.S.
Relating to the creation, administration, powers, duties, operations, and financing of a border region higher-speed rail authority for the Texas-Louisiana and the Texas-Mexico border regions; granting the power to issue bonds; imposing a tax; granting the power of eminent domain.

Last action: Placed on intent calendar

Author: Tommy Merritt
Joint Author: Veronica Gonzales | Norma Chavez | Stephen Frost | Roland Gutierrez
Sponsor: John Carona
CoSponsor: Eddie Lucio, Jr.

Session Law Chapter:
Acts 2009, 81st R.S.,ch. 1420, General and Special Laws of Texas

Bill Analyses:
Enrolled (Senate Research Center)
Introduced (Senate Research Center)

Gubernatorial documents:

Subjects:
BORDER
Special Districts & Authorities--Miscellaneous
Transportation--Railroads

House Committee: Border & Intergovernmental Affairs (Veronica Gonzales, Kino Flores, Dan Flynn, Ryan Guillen, David Leibowitz, Joe Moody, Dora Olivo, Richard Raymond, Mark Shelton)
Senate Committee: Transportation & Homeland Security (John Carona, Tommy Williams, Wendy Davis, Rodney Ellis, Joan Huffman, Robert Nichols, Florence Shapiro, Eliot Shapleigh, Kirk Watson, Jeff Wentworth)

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