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