By: Estes S.B. No. 408
(In the Senate - Filed January 25, 2011; February 2, 2011,
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
March 9, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
Nays 0; March 9, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to inspection of the John Graves Scenic Riverway.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 26.555, Water Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A [The] visual inspection from an aircraft flying over
the John Graves Scenic Riverway [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. A [The] visual inspection and the
drawing of water samples for testing [inspections] must be
conducted [both] from the surface of the [John Graves Scenic
Riverway and from an aircraft flying over the] riverway at least
once in a spring month and at least once in a fall month.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.
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