| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; |
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| 4 | | - | May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, |
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| 5 | | - | Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by |
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| 6 | | - | the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 10 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 7 | | relating to a study and report on the water level of Falcon Lake in |
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| 13 | 8 | | Zapata and Starr Counties. |
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| 14 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 10 | | SECTION 1. STUDY. The Parks and Wildlife Department and the |
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| 16 | 11 | | Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall jointly conduct a |
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| 17 | 12 | | study on the water level of Falcon Lake in Zapata and Starr |
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| 18 | 13 | | Counties. The study must: |
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| 19 | 14 | | (1) evaluate the optimum water level for recreational |
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| 20 | 15 | | fishing on the lake; and |
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| 21 | 16 | | (2) examine the factors that contribute to or are |
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| 22 | 17 | | affected by the rise and fall of the lake's water levels, including |
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| 23 | 18 | | flood control, conservation, and hydroelectric power projects. |
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| 24 | 19 | | SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2022, the |
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| 25 | 20 | | Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Commission on |
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| 26 | 21 | | Environmental Quality shall submit to the governor, lieutenant |
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| 27 | 22 | | governor, and speaker of the house of representatives a report that |
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| 28 | 23 | | includes: |
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| 29 | 24 | | (1) the findings of the study conducted under Section |
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| 30 | 25 | | 1 of this Act; and |
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| 31 | 26 | | (2) recommendations to achieve and maintain the |
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| 32 | 27 | | optimum water level for recreational fishing on Falcon Lake, |
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| 33 | 28 | | consistent with the purpose of the lake's construction. |
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| 34 | 29 | | SECTION 3. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires September 1, |
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| 35 | 30 | | 2023. |
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| 36 | 31 | | SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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| 37 | 32 | | immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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| 38 | 33 | | elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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| 39 | 34 | | Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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| 40 | 35 | | immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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