Bill Text: TX SB1132 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the water rights permits issued to the Texas Water Development Board for the Allens Creek Reservoir.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1132 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1132-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1132 |
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relating to the water rights permits issued to the Texas Water | ||
Development Board for the Allens Creek Reservoir. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 1.02, Chapter 1291 (S.B. | ||
1593), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Upon application by the Texas Water Development Board | ||
pursuant to Section 11.1311, Water Code, the Texas Natural Resource | ||
Conservation Commission shall reissue without notice or hearing | ||
Water Appropriation Permit No. 2925 previously issued for the | ||
Allens Creek Reservoir. The permit shall be issued in the name of | ||
the Texas Water Development Board and it shall have a priority date | ||
of September 1, 1999. The date to commence construction of the | ||
reservoir shall be not later than September 1, 2025 [ |
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Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission may extend such time | ||
for beginning of construction for good cause. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 1, Chapter 1291 (S.B. 1593), Acts of the | ||
76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by adding | ||
Section 1.06 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1.06. (a) Time Limitation No. 7.a. in Permit No. | ||
2925A issued by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, | ||
the predecessor agency to the Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
Quality, to the Texas Water Development Board is amended to require | ||
that construction of the Allens Creek Reservoir commence on or | ||
before September 1, 2025, and be completed not later than the fifth | ||
anniversary of the date construction of the reservoir commences. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2011, the Texas Commission | ||
on Environmental Quality shall reissue Permit No. 2925A, as amended | ||
by Subsection (a) of this section. | ||
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, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1132 passed the Senate on | ||
April 18, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1132 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |