By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 2109
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of a proposed reservoir project from the
State Water Plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.0511, Water Code, is added as
follows:
Sec. 16.0511. REMOVAL OF A PROPOSED RESERVOIR PROJECT FROM
THE STATE WATER PLAN. (a) The executive administrator shall remove
a proposed reservoir project from the state water plan if
construction has not begun within 50 years of being included in any
version of the plan by the Board or its preceding authority.
SECTION 2. Section 16.0511, Water Code, as added by this
Act, applies to a proposed reservoir project included in any
version of the state water plan for the previous 50 years or more.
Once a proposed project has been removed by the executive
administrator, the project is not eligible for inclusion in any
future version of the plan.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.