By: Creighton	S.B. No. 1964
	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 27, 2017, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
	May 5, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 1; May 5, 2017, sent
	to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1964	By:  West

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of land in the William Goodrich Jones State
	Forest.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 88, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 88.1085 to read as follows:
	Sec. 88.1085.  USE OF LAND IN WILLIAM GOODRICH JONES STATE
	FOREST. (a)  For the purpose of this section, the "Jones State
	Forest" means the real property owned by the state for the use and
	benefit of The Texas A&M University System to demonstrate
	reforestation work under the Texas A&M Forest Service, consisting
	of approximately 1,733 acres in Montgomery County, and formally
	dedicated and named the William Goodrich Jones State Forest.
	(b)  The entire territory of the Jones State Forest must
	remain natural, scenic, undeveloped, and open. No statute, rule,
	policy, or ordinance may be enforced with respect to the territory
	of the Jones State Forest, other than a statute, rule, policy, or
	ordinance that protects and preserves the natural resources, air
	quality, or water quality of the Jones State Forest.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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