Bill Text: TX HB1010 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to state and regional flood planning.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-26 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB1010 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1010-Introduced.html
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By: Paul | H.B. No. 1010 |
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relating to state and regional flood planning. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Sections 16.061 and 16.062 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 16.061. STATE FLOOD PLAN. (a) Not later than | ||
September 1, 2021, and before the end of each successive five-year | ||
period after that date, the board shall prepare and adopt a state | ||
flood plan that incorporates the regional flood plans approved | ||
under Section 16.062. The state flood plan must include a ranked | ||
list of ongoing and proposed flood control projects organized by | ||
watershed. | ||
(b) The board shall adopt guidance principles for the state | ||
flood plan. The board shall review and revise the guidance | ||
principles as necessary and at least every fifth year to coincide | ||
with the five-year cycle for adoption of a new state flood plan. | ||
(c) On adoption of a state flood plan, the board shall | ||
deliver the plan to the: | ||
(1) governor; | ||
(2) lieutenant governor; | ||
(3) speaker of the house of representatives; and | ||
(4) appropriate legislative committees and | ||
legislative leadership. | ||
Sec. 16.062. REGIONAL FLOOD PLANNING. (a) The board shall: | ||
(1) provide technical assistance to the flood planning | ||
groups; | ||
(2) adopt guidance principles for the regional flood | ||
plans, including procedures for amending adopted plans; and | ||
(3) designate flood planning regions corresponding to | ||
each watershed. | ||
(b) The board shall designate representatives from each | ||
flood planning region to serve as the initial flood planning group. | ||
The initial flood planning group may then designate additional | ||
representatives to serve on the flood planning group. The initial | ||
flood planning group shall designate additional representatives if | ||
necessary to ensure adequate representation from the interests in | ||
its region, including the general public, counties, | ||
municipalities, industries, agricultural interests, environmental | ||
interests, small businesses, electric generating utilities, river | ||
authorities, water districts, and water utilities. The flood | ||
planning group shall maintain adequate representation from those | ||
interests. In addition, the board, the Parks and Wildlife | ||
Department, the Department of Agriculture, and the State Soil and | ||
Water Conservation Board each shall appoint a representative to | ||
serve as a member of each flood planning group. | ||
(c) A flood planning group shall: | ||
(1) prepare a draft regional flood plan for its flood | ||
planning region; and | ||
(2) hold public meetings in its flood planning region | ||
to gather from interested persons, including members of the public | ||
and other political subdivisions located in the flood planning | ||
region, suggestions and recommendations in response to the draft | ||
regional flood plan. | ||
(d) A flood planning group shall consider the information | ||
collected under Subsection (c)(2) in finalizing a regional flood | ||
plan. | ||
(e) A regional flood plan must include a list of projects, | ||
including technical specifications, necessary to meet the flood | ||
planning needs of the flood planning region for the next 10 years. | ||
(f) A flood planning group shall submit its completed | ||
regional flood plan to the board. The board shall make a | ||
determination whether the regional flood plan: | ||
(1) satisfies the requirements for regional flood | ||
plans adopted in the guidance described by Subsection (a); and | ||
(2) affects a neighboring flood planning area. | ||
(g) If the board makes a determination that a regional flood | ||
plan negatively affects a neighboring flood planning area, the | ||
board must coordinate with the affected area to adjust the plan to | ||
ensure that no neighboring area is negatively affected by the plan. | ||
(h) The board shall approve a regional flood plan when it: | ||
(1) satisfies the requirements of Subsection (f)(1); | ||
and | ||
(2) does not negatively affect a neighboring flood | ||
planning area. | ||
(i) A flood planning group may amend a regional flood plan | ||
after the plan has been approved by the board according to rules | ||
adopted by the board. | ||
(j) Each flood planning group and committee or subcommittee | ||
of a flood planning group is subject to Chapters 551 and 552, | ||
Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
Water Development Board shall adopt guidance principles for the | ||
regional flood plans and designate flood planning regions | ||
corresponding to each watershed as required by Section 16.062, | ||
Water Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date the Texas | ||
Water Development Board designates flood planning regions under | ||
Subsection (a) of this section, the board shall designate | ||
representatives within each flood planning region to serve as the | ||
initial flood planning group, as described by Section 16.062, Water | ||
Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(c) Not later than September 1, 2021, each flood planning | ||
group shall submit a regional flood plan to the Texas Water | ||
Development Board for the group's flood planning area, as required | ||
by Section 16.062, Water Code, as added by this Act. | ||
(d) Not later than September 1, 2022, the Texas Water | ||
Development Board shall approve a state flood plan, as required by | ||
Section 16.061, Water Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |