Bill Text: TX HCR118 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Requesting the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house to create a joint interim committee to study the use of state and local partnerships and flood control infrastructure in general to help future-proof Texas against future flood events on a watershed basis.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-01 - Left pending in committee [HCR118 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HCR118-Introduced.html
86R12395 CLE-D | ||
By: Metcalf | H.C.R. No. 118 |
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WHEREAS, The costly and wrenching destruction of Hurricane | ||
Harvey demonstrates the importance of moving forward with planning | ||
and constructing flood mitigation projects on a coordinated and | ||
collaborative basis; and | ||
WHEREAS, In Eye of the Storm, the November 2018 report of the | ||
Governor's Commission to Rebuild Texas, the Governor's Commission | ||
notes that to "future-proof" Texas against future flood events, the | ||
structure of a state-local partnership for flood mitigation | ||
projects needs to be well-planned and widely accepted by | ||
stakeholders; and | ||
WHEREAS, To ensure that state and local partnerships for | ||
flood mitigation projects have widespread support, the Governor's | ||
Commission proposes a study committee to examine the need for and | ||
possible structure of a state-local partnership; the committee's | ||
examination would include how such partnerships could promote | ||
planning on a watershed basis; the committee would also study flood | ||
control infrastructure in general, including dams, levees, | ||
reservoirs, floodgates, and storm drains; and | ||
WHEREAS, Flood events are both costly and devastating to the | ||
state and its citizens, and every means to combat them should be | ||
explored; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 86th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby request the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house | ||
of representatives to create a joint interim committee to study the | ||
use of state and local partnerships and flood control | ||
infrastructure in general to help future-proof Texas against future | ||
flood events on a watershed basis; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the committee be composed of the following | ||
members: the chair of the House Natural Resources Committee and the | ||
chair of the Senate Committee on Water and Rural Affairs and two | ||
members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor and two | ||
members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of | ||
the house; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the committee submit a full report, including | ||
findings and recommendations, to the legislature and the governor | ||
by November 1, 2020; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the committee's proceedings and operations be | ||
governed by such general rules and policies for interim committees | ||
as the 86th Texas Legislature may adopt. |