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1	1		By: Blanco S.B. No. 1268
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	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2025;
	3	+	February 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs; March 17, 2025, reported
	5	+	favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 17, 2025,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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6	10		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	11		AN ACT
8	12		relating to the review and updating by the Texas Water Development
9	13		Board of guidance principles and rules related to certain plans
10	14		adopted or approved by the board.
11	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	16		SECTION 1. Section 16.051, Water Code, is amended by
13	17		amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as
14	18		follows:
15	19		(d) The board, in coordination with the commission, the
16	20		Department of Agriculture, and the Parks and Wildlife Department,
17	21		shall adopt by rule guidance principles for the state water plan
18	22		which reflect the public interest of the entire state. When
19	23		adopting guidance principles, due consideration shall be given to
20	24		the construction and improvement of surface water resources and the
21	25		application of principles that result in voluntary redistribution
22	26		of water resources. The board shall review and update the guidance
23	27		principles and any other rules related to the state water plan, with
24	28		input from the commission, the Department of Agriculture, and the
25	29		Parks and Wildlife Department, as necessary but at least every five
26	30		years to coincide with the five-year cycle for adoption of a new
27	31		water plan as described in Subsection (a).
28	32		(d-1) The requirement to review a rule not later than the
29	33		fourth anniversary of the date on which the rule takes effect and
30	34		every four years after that date under Section 2001.039(b),
31	35		Government Code, does not apply to a rule related to the state water
32	36		plan adopted under this section.
33	37		SECTION 2. Section 16.053, Water Code, is amended by adding
34	38		Subsections (f-1) and (f-2) to read as follows:
35	39		(f-1) The board shall review and update rules adopted under
36	40		this section as necessary but at least every five years to coincide
37	41		with the five-year cycle for adoption of a new water plan as
38	42		described in Section 16.051.
39	43		(f-2) The requirement to review a rule not later than the
40	44		fourth anniversary of the date on which the rule takes effect and
41	45		every four years after that date under Section 2001.039(b),
42	46		Government Code, does not apply to a rule adopted under this
43	47		section.
44	48		SECTION 3. Section 16.061, Water Code, is amended by
45	49		amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
46	50		follows:
47	51		(c) The board, in coordination with the commission, the
48	52		Department of Agriculture, the General Land Office, the Parks and
49	53		Wildlife Department, the Texas Division of Emergency Management,
50	54		and the State Soil and Water Conservation Board, shall adopt
51	55		guidance principles for the state flood plan that reflect the
52	56		public interest of the entire state. The board shall review and
53	57		revise the guidance principles and any other rules related to the
54	58		state flood plan, with input from the commission, the Department of
55	59		Agriculture, the General Land Office, the Parks and Wildlife
56	60		Department, the Texas Division of Emergency Management, and the
57	61		State Soil and Water Conservation Board, as necessary and at least
58	62		every fifth year to coincide with the five-year cycle for adoption
59	63		of a new state flood plan.
60	64		(c-1) The requirement to review a rule not later than the
61	65		fourth anniversary of the date on which the rule takes effect and
62	66		every four years after that date under Section 2001.039(b),
63	67		Government Code, does not apply to a rule adopted under this
64	68		section.
65	69		SECTION 4. Section 16.062, Water Code, is amended by adding
66	70		Subsections (m) and (n) to read as follows:
67	71		(m) The board shall review and update rules adopted under
68	72		this section as necessary but at least every five years to coincide
69	73		with the five-year cycle for adoption of a new flood plan as
70	74		described in Section 16.061.
71	75		(n) The requirement to review a rule not later than the
72	76		fourth anniversary of the date on which the rule takes effect and
73	77		every four years after that date under Section 2001.039(b),
74	78		Government Code, does not apply to a rule adopted under this
75	79		section.
76	80		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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