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Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Interim report | |
Library Catalog Title: | Report of the Texas House of Representatives, Natural Resources Committee : a report to the House of Representatives, 69th Texas Legislature. | |
Subjects: | Flooding | Groundwater | Special taxing districts | Surface water | Water conservation | Water districts | Water policy | Water quality management | Water rights | Water supplies | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.68 n219h | |
Session: | 68th R.S. (1983) | |
Online version: | View report [35 pages File size: 1,065 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Monitor all activities and have budget oversight responsibilities for those agencies, boards and commissions as listed in Rule 3, Section 23. | |
2. | To investigate and determine the advisability and constitutionality of enacting a single statute authorizing governing body members of conservation and reclamation districts created by special legislation to serve up to four year terms. | |
3. | To investigate and monitor all efforts being made in Texas with regard to, and determine the potential for, increased ground water production and supplies through enhanced recovery methods. | |
4. | To investigate the need to enact legislation relating to surface water rights. | |
5. | To assist the House-Senate Joint Committee on Water Resources in its study of Texas water problems. | |
6. | To assess and investigate the need for state action to ensure the future environmental quality of Clear Lake and to preserve the sensitive ecosystems of said Lake. | |
7. | To investigate and identify appropriate and workable state responses to the problem of non-localized flooding. | |
8. | To investigate and recommend legislation for management of ground water. |
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