Bill Text: TX HB2846 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the sale of the Allens Creek Reservoir project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-02 - Effective immediately [HB2846 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2846-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2846 | ||
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| relating to the sale of the Allens Creek Reservoir project. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 1291, Acts of the 76th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by adding Section | ||
| 1.07 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1.07. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this | ||
| article, not later than January 1, 2020, the City of Houston shall | ||
| enter into a contractual agreement with the Brazos River Authority | ||
| to transfer to the Brazos River Authority all of the city's | ||
| ownership interests in the Allens Creek Reservoir project, | ||
| including all required water right permits, along with the | ||
| responsibility to construct the project in accordance with all | ||
| associated statutory requirements and deadlines. | ||
| (b) Construction of the reservoir is subject to the Brazos | ||
| River Authority obtaining all necessary federal permits. | ||
| (c) In addition to other necessary provisions, the | ||
| contractual agreement described by Subsection (a) must include | ||
| provisions for the transfer of an amount not to exceed $23 million | ||
| from the Brazos River Authority to the City of Houston. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2846 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 9, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 5, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2846 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
