81R6950 JJT-F
By: Miller of Erath H.B. No. 1642
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the extent and management of the John Graves Scenic
Riverway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.551(2), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(2) "John Graves Scenic Riverway" means that portion
of the Brazos River Basin, and its contributing watershed, located
downstream of the Morris Shepard Dam on the Possum Kingdom
Reservoir in Palo Pinto County, Texas, and extending to the county
line between Somervell and Bosque [Parker and Hood] Counties,
Texas, including that portion of the river basin and contributing
watershed in Johnson County.
SECTION 2. Section 26.555(b), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The visual inspections and the drawing of water samples
must be conducted at least once in a winter month and at least once
in a summer month. The visual inspections must be conducted [both]
from the surface of the John Graves Scenic Riverway or [and] from an
aircraft flying over the riverway.
SECTION 3. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as
soon as practicable shall amend its rules as necessary to include in
the John Graves Scenic Riverway pilot program under Subchapter M,
Chapter 26, Water Code, the area added to the John Graves Scenic
Riverway by this Act. The commission shall begin enforcement of
Subchapter M, Chapter 26, Water Code, in the area added to the John
Graves Scenic Riverway on January 1, 2010.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.