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HJR 6, 69th R.S.

Proposing a constitutional amendment to authorize the issuance of an additional $980 million of Texas Water Development Bonds, to create special water funds for water conservation, water development, water quality enhancement, flood control, drainage, subsidence control, recharge, chloride control, agricultural soil and water conservation, and desalinization, to authorize a bond insurance program, to clarify the purposes for which Texas Water Development Bonds may be issued, and to authorize the issuance and sale of $200 million of the Texas agricultural water conservation bonds.

Last action: Filed with the Secretary of State

Author: Tom Craddick
Sponsor: H. Santiesteban

Session Law Chapter: Acts 1985, 69th R.S., HJR 6

Companion:

SJR 7 (Identical)

Bill Analyses:
Committee Report (House Study Group)

Gubernatorial documents:

Submitting emergency matters to the 69th Legislature: HB 2/SB 138, relating to conservation, development, and protection and enhancement of the quality of, and flood and subsidence control for, surface and underground water and bays and estuaries and providing various financing mechanisms . . .; and HJR 6/SJR 7, authorizing $600 million Texas Water Development Bonds for water conservation, water development, water quality . . .

Subjects:
BONDS
Resolutions--Constitutional Amendments
WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, TEXAS
Water--Development

House Committee: Natural Resources ()
Minutes: January 22 1985 | February 4 1985 | February 6 1985 | May 23 1986
Senate Committee: Natural Resources (H. Santiesteban, John Montford, Lindon Williams, J.E. Brown, Glenn Kothmann, Cynthia Krier, Ted Lyon, Bill Sarpalius, Bill Sims, Carlos Truan, Hector Uribe, John Whitmire)
Minutes: February 20 1985

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