SB 115, 64th R.S.
Amending the Lower Colorado River Authority Act; creating a conservation and reclamation district to be known as the Lower Colorado River Authority, pursuant to and for the purposes set forth in Section 59 of Article 16 of the Constitution of the State of Texas, and to be a governmental agency, body politic and corporate, without power to mortgage or encumber any of its property or to alienate any property necessary to its business, or to levy taxes or to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or to pledge the credit of the state; fixing the boundaries thereof, conferring thereon all powers, rights, privileges, and functions conferred by general law upon districts created pursuant to said Section 59 or Article 16, except as expressly limited; conferring certain other powers thereon including the power to construct and operate dams and other structures; to control, store, preserve, use, distribute, and sell the waters of the Colorado River and its tributaries within the district and the lands of the district; to develop, generate, distribute, and sell water power and electric power and energy and steam-generated electric power and energy; to collect fees for its services; to acquire property by condemnation or otherwise; to enter into sales, purchase, repurchase, and joint ownership of property with the City of Austin and to make contracts and agreements with the City of Austin; to sell electrical power to the state; to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of certain district property to an electric cooperative, municipality, or other governmental agency or body politic and corporate of the State of Texas; to enter into agreements with regard to electric power and generating facilities in joint ownership with others and to sell any or all of such interest; to acquire, install, construct, enlarge, make additions to, and operate steam generating plants within certain counties with limitation as to capacity; to own . . .
Chamber | Action | Comments | ↓ Date ↑ |
S | Read first time | 01/28/1975 | |
S | Referred to Committee on State Affairs | 01/28/1975 | |
S | Governor submitted as emergency | 02/06/1975 | |
S | Considered by committee in public hearing | 02/11/1975 | |
S | Reported from committee favorably with amendments | 02/11/1975 | |
S | Rules suspended | 02/25/1975 | |
S | Read second time | 02/25/1975 | |
S | Amended | 02/25/1975 | |
S | Passed to engrossment | 02/25/1975 | |
S | Vote recorded on | 02/25/1975 | |
S | Third reading | 02/25/1975 | |
S | Passed | 02/25/1975 | |
S | Sent to House | 02/26/1975 | |
H | Message from the Governor | 02/06/1975 | |
H | Received from the Senate | 02/26/1975 | |
H | Read first time | 02/27/1975 | |
H | Referred to Committee on Natural Resources | 02/27/1975 | |
H | Considered by committee in public hearing | 03/25/1975 | |
H | Referred to subcommittee | 03/25/1975 | |
H | Considered by subcommittee in formal meeting | 04/02/1975 | |
H | Reported from subcommittee favorably with amendments | 04/02/1975 | |
H | Considered by committee in formal meeting | 04/03/1975 | |
H | Reported from committee favorably with amendments | 04/03/1975 | |
H | Read second time | 04/09/1975 | |
H | Amendments | 04/09/1975 | |
H | Passed to third reading amended | 04/09/1975 | |
H | Votes recorded | 04/09/1975 | |
H | Read third time | 04/10/1975 | |
H | Amendments | 04/10/1975 | |
H | Passed | 04/10/1975 | |
S | House passage as amended reported | 04/10/1975 | |
S | Referred to Committee on State Affairs | 04/15/1975 | |
S | Reported from committee favorably | 04/10/1975 | |
S | Concurred in House amendments | 04/15/1975 | |
H | Concurrence in House amendments by Senate reported | 04/15/1975 | |
S | Signed | 04/21/1975 | |
H | Signed | 04/21/1975 | |
S | Sent to Governor | 04/21/1975 | |
S | Signed by Governor | 04/28/1975 | |
S | Effective immediately | 04/28/1975 |
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