| 1 | 1 | | 89R15514 CMO-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Hughes S.B. No. 2114 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from |
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| 10 | 10 | | the state water plan. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 16.051(g-1), Water Code, is amended to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (g-1) Notwithstanding any other [provisions of] law, except |
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| 15 | 15 | | as provided by Section 16.0511, a site is considered to be a |
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| 16 | 16 | | designated site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir |
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| 17 | 17 | | if the site is recommended for designation in the 2007 state water |
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| 18 | 18 | | plan adopted by the board and in effect on May 1, 2007. The |
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| 19 | 19 | | designation of a unique reservoir site under this subsection |
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| 20 | 20 | | terminates on September 1, 2015, unless there is an affirmative |
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| 21 | 21 | | vote by a proposed project sponsor to make expenditures necessary |
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| 22 | 22 | | in order to construct or file applications for permits required in |
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| 23 | 23 | | connection with the construction of the reservoir under federal or |
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| 24 | 24 | | state law. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended |
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| 26 | 26 | | by adding Section 16.0511 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 27 | | Sec. 16.0511. REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SITES FOR PROPOSED |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESERVOIR FROM STATE WATER PLAN. (a) Notwithstanding Section |
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| 29 | 29 | | 16.051, the board shall remove a site designated as a site of unique |
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| 30 | 30 | | value for the construction of a reservoir in the state water plan |
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| 31 | 31 | | under Section 16.051, regardless of the site's inclusion in a |
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| 32 | 32 | | regional water plan under Section 16.053, if construction for a |
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| 33 | 33 | | proposed reservoir project at the site does not begin before the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 50th anniversary of the site's initial inclusion in any version of |
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| 35 | 35 | | the plan. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) A site removed from the state water plan under |
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| 37 | 37 | | Subsection (a) may not be included in any subsequent version of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | plan. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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