81R9402 SMH-D
By: Hopson, McReynolds H.B. No. 2108
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deadlines for commencement and completion of the
Lake Columbia reservoir project.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the proposed Lake
Columbia project authorized by Permit to Appropriate State Water
Number 4228 (Application No. 4537) is a rural water project for
political subdivisions and that its construction and development
are in the public interest. The legislature further finds that the
Texas Water Development Board has obtained a right and interest in
the permit and that the deadlines provided by the permit for
commencement and completion of construction of the project should
be stricken from the permit.
SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
shall issue without notice or hearing an amendment to the permit
striking from the permit the deadlines provided by the permit for
commencement and completion of construction of the project in
accordance with this Act.
SECTION 3. 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.