TITLE: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 281.

SUMMARY: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 281.

FULL TEXT:
83(R) HR 2795-Enrolled version-Bill Text H.R. No. 2795 RE SO LU TI ON BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of Texas, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, 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 281 (administration and powers of the Red River Authority of Texas) to consider and take action on the following matter: House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(3), is suspended to permit the committee to add text on a matter which is not in disagreement by adding text in SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Section 19a, Chapter 279, Acts of the 56th Legislature, Regular Session, 1959, to read as follows: Sec. 19a. The Authority may purchase groundwater rights in a county in the Authority's territory only if: (1) there is a groundwater conservation district that has jurisdiction over water wells located in the county; or (2) in the case where a county is not in the jurisdiction of a groundwater conservation district, the commissioners court of the county approves the purchase of groundwater rights by the Authority in the county. Explanation: This change is necessary to clarify under what conditions the Red River Authority of Texas may purchase groundwater rights. Frank Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2795 was adopted by the House on May 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 7, 2 present, not voting. Chief Clerk of the House