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Committee votes to advance bill creating Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District
Summary
The committee voted and reported House Bill 15 32, which would establish a Lake Houston Dredging and Maintenance District able to issue revenue-backed bonds and sell dredged aggregate to fund operations; the bill passed the committee on a 7–0 roll call and will move to the full Senate.
Chairman Bettencourt laid out House Bill 15 32 and recognized Senate sponsor Senator Craig Creighton to explain the measure.
Senator Creighton said the Lake Houston area has suffered severe flooding and that dredging "is a key flood mitigation strategy to blunt the effects of flooding." He described House Bill 15 32 as a measure that "would establish the Lake Houston Dredging…
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