H.B. No. 908

	AN ACT
	relating to the continuation and duties of the Red River Boundary
	Commission.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 12.056, Natural Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.056.  POWERS AND DUTIES.  The commission shall
	confer and act jointly with representatives appointed on behalf of
	the State of Oklahoma to:
	(1)  evaluate the methods, surveys, historical maps,
	and other information used to establish the boundary line between
	this state and the State of Oklahoma in the Texoma area;
	(2)  determine the location of the south bank of the Red
	River as the bank was located and marked by the United States Army
	Corps of Engineers before the beginning of construction of Lake
	Texoma, in accordance with Article II(c), Red River Boundary
	Compact, Section 12.002;
	(3)  redraw the boundary line between this state and
	the State of Oklahoma on any real property for which the United
	States Army Corps of Engineers granted an easement before August
	31, 2000, to at least two districts or authorities created under
	Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, for the construction,
	operation, and maintenance of a water pipeline and related
	facilities in the Texoma area in order to negate any effects the
	boundary as it is currently drawn has on property interests
	associated with those easements in the Texoma area, in such a way
	that there is no net loss of property between either state so as to
	ensure that the redrawn boundary does not increase the political
	power or influence of either state, and in accordance with:
	(A)  the Lake Texoma preconstruction survey of the
	south bank of the Red River prepared by the United States Army Corps
	of Engineers; or
	(B)  other historical records or documentation of
	the United States Army Corps of Engineers identifying the location
	of the south bank of the Red River, if the survey described by
	Subdivision (3)(A) is unavailable;
	(4)  hold hearings and conferences in this state and in
	the State of Oklahoma as necessary to accomplish the purposes of
	this section; and
	(5)  take other action, alone or in cooperation with
	the State of Oklahoma or the United States, necessary to accomplish
	the purposes of this section.
	SECTION 2.  Section 12.057(b), Natural Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Not later than July 30, 2017 [2015], the commission
	shall issue a final report to the governor, lieutenant governor,
	speaker of the house of representatives, and appropriate committees
	of the legislature.
	SECTION 3.  Section 12.058, Natural Resources Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 12.058.  EXPIRATION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
	expires December 31, 2017 [2015].
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 908 was passed by the House on April
	9, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 908 was passed by the Senate on May
	13, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor