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1	1	By: Hegar S.B. No. 589
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed February 15, 2013; February 20, 2013,
3	3	read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
4	4	March 6, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 6, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the designation of certain river or stream segments as
11	11	being of unique ecological value.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "Region L" means
14	14	Regional Water Planning Area L designated in accordance with
15	15	Section 16.053, Water Code, as the area's boundaries existed on
16	16	September 1, 2013.
17	17	SECTION 2. DESIGNATION OF RIVER OR STREAM SEGMENTS OF
18	18	UNIQUE ECOLOGICAL VALUE. The legislature, as authorized by
19	19	Subsection (f), Section 16.051, Water Code, designates as being of
20	20	unique ecological value the following river or stream segments:
21	21	(1) the Nueces River from the northern boundary of
22	22	Region L to United States Geological Survey gauge number 08190000;
23	23	(2) the Frio River from the northern boundary of
24	24	Region L to United States Geological Survey gauge number 08195000;
25	25	(3) the Sabinal River from the northern boundary of
26	26	Region L to its intersection with State Highway 187;
27	27	(4) the San Marcos River from a point 0.4 miles
28	28	upstream from its intersection with State Highway Loop 82 to its
29	29	intersection with Interstate Highway 35; and
30	30	(5) the Comal River from its intersection with East
31	31	Klingemann Street in New Braunfels to its confluence with the
32	32	Guadalupe River.
33	33	SECTION 3. EFFECT OF DESIGNATION. The designation of a
34	34	river or stream segment as being of unique ecological value under
35	35	Section 2 of this Act:
36	36	(1) means only that a state agency or political
37	37	subdivision of the state may not finance the actual construction of
38	38	a reservoir in the designated segment;
39	39	(2) does not affect the ability of a state agency or
40	40	political subdivision of the state to construct, operate, maintain,
41	41	or replace a weir, a water diversion, flood control, drainage, or
42	42	water supply system, or a recreational facility in the designated
43	43	segment;
44	44	(3) does not prohibit the permitting, financing,
45	45	construction, operation, maintenance, or replacement of any water
46	46	management strategy to meet projected water supply needs
47	47	recommended in, or designated as an alternative in, the 2011
48	48	Regional Water Plan for Region L; and
49	49	(4) does not alter any existing property right of an
50	50	affected landowner.
51	51	SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
52	52	1, 2013.
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