House Passes Bill to Create Endangered Species Task Force

Last night, the House passed SB 2534 by Wentworth (House Sponsor Corte). This bill would create an interagency task force on economic growth and endangered species to "assist" landowners in mitigation for endangered species and "facilitate" the state and local governments' implementation of endangered species regulations. The task force's first assignment would be to create an advisory committee for the Camp Bullis area in Bexar County.

The only Representatives voting against SB 2534 were D. Miller and S. Miller.  Absent were Kuempel, Pitts, Callegari, and Creighton.