Bill Text: TX HB2546 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the jurisdiction and qualifications of the Concho River watermaster and deputy watermaster.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-14 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB2546 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2546-Introduced.html
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By: Sheffield of Coryell | H.B. No. 2546 |
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relating to the jurisdiction and qualifications of the Concho River | ||
watermaster and deputy watermaster. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.553, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 11.553. JURISDICTION OF WATERMASTER. The geographical | ||
and jurisdictional boundaries of a watermaster acting under this | ||
subchapter shall be: | ||
(1) the Concho River segment of the Colorado River | ||
Basin that includes the Concho River and all of its tributaries, | ||
downstream on the main stem of the Concho River to a point on the | ||
Concho River prior to reaching, and upstream of the O. H. Ivie | ||
Reservoir located at and including the diversion point of | ||
Certificate of Adjudication No. 14-1393 (River Order No. | ||
4954450000) in Concho County; and | ||
(2) the San Saba River segment of the Colorado River | ||
Basin that includes the San Saba River and all of its tributaries. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 11.554(c), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) The watermaster or deputy watermaster may not be: | ||
(1) a water right holder in the river basin or a | ||
segment of the river basin under the program's jurisdiction; | ||
(2) a purchaser of water from a water right holder in | ||
the river basin or a segment of the river basin under the program's | ||
jurisdiction; or | ||
(3) a landowner of any land adjacent to a [ |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |