1-1 By: Bivins, Carriker S.B. No. 1334
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 31, 1993; April 1, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
1-5 Nays 0; April 20, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Sims x
1-9 Truan x
1-10 Armbrister x
1-11 Barrientos x
1-12 Bivins x
1-13 Brown x
1-14 Carriker x
1-15 Lucio x
1-16 Montford x
1-17 Ratliff x
1-18 Shelley x
1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20 AN ACT
1-21 relating to the rulemaking authority of the Texas Water Commission
1-22 regarding underground water.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Section 28.011, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-25 follows:
1-26 Sec. 28.011. UNDERGROUND WATER: REGULATIONS. The
1-27 commission may <shall> make and enforce rules and regulations for
1-28 <conserving,> protecting and<,> preserving the quality of<, and
1-29 distributing> underground<, subterranean, and percolating> water
1-30 <located in this state and shall do all other things necessary for
1-31 these purposes>.
1-32 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-33 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-34 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-35 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-36 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-37 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-38 passage, and it is so enacted.
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1-40 Austin,
1-41 Texas
1-42 April 20, 1993
1-43 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-44 President of the Senate
1-45 Sir:
1-46 We, your Committee on Natural Resources to which was referred S.B.
1-47 No. 1334, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-48 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-49 that it do pass and be printed.
1-50 Sims,
1-51 Chairman
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1-53 WITNESSES
1-54 FOR AGAINST ON
1-55 ___________________________________________________________________
1-56 Name: Kenneth Horton x
1-57 Representing: Texas Pork Producers Assn.
1-58 City: Austin, Texas
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1-60 Name: Ross Wilson x
1-61 Representing: Texas Cattle Feeders Assn.
1-62 City: Amarillo, Texas
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1-64 Name: Ed Small x
1-65 Representing: Texas/Southwestern Cattle Ass
1-66 City: Austin, Texas
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1-68 Name: Jerry Clark x
2-1 Representing: Assn. of Milk Producers
2-2 City: Arlington, Texas
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2-4 Name: Tommy Engelke x
2-5 Representing: Texas Ag. Coop. Council
2-6 City: Austin, Texas
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2-8 Name: Eddy D. Edmondsen x
2-9 Representing: Tex. Assn. of Nurserymen
2-10 City: Austin, Texas
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2-12 Name: James Grimm x
2-13 Representing: Texas Poultry Federation
2-14 City: Austin, Texas
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2-16 Name: Jerry A. Walzel x
2-17 Representing: Texas Citrus & Veg. Assn.
2-18 City: Harlingen, Texas
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2-20 Name: Maurice Rimkus x
2-21 Representing: Uvalde County Undg. Water Dis
2-22 City: Knippa, Texas
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2-24 Name: Mark Jordan
2-25 Representing: Texas Water Commission-Res.W.
2-26 City: Austin, Texas
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