Bill Text: TX HB1862 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain river or stream segments as being of unique ecological value.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-04-18 - Received from the House [HB1862 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1862-Engrossed.html
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| By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 1862 | |
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| relating to the designation of certain river or stream segments as | ||
| being of unique ecological value. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The legislature, as authorized by Section | ||
| 16.051(f), Water Code, designates as being of unique ecological | ||
| value the following river or stream segments: | ||
| (1) Alamito Creek in Presidio County solely within the | ||
| boundary of the Trans Pecos Water Trust; | ||
| (2) Black Cypress Bayou from its confluence with Big | ||
| Cypress Bayou in south central Marion County upstream to its | ||
| confluence with Black Cypress Creek east of Avinger in southern | ||
| Cass County; | ||
| (3) Black Cypress Creek from its confluence with Black | ||
| Cypress Bayou east of Avinger in southern Cass County upstream to | ||
| its headwaters located four miles northeast of Daingerfield in | ||
| eastern Morris County; and | ||
| (4) Terlingua Creek in Brewster County solely within | ||
| the boundary of Big Bend National Park. | ||
| SECTION 2. The designation of a river or stream segment as | ||
| being of unique ecological value under Section 1 of this Act: | ||
| (1) means only that a state agency or political | ||
| subdivision of the state may not finance the actual construction of | ||
| a reservoir in the designated segment; | ||
| (2) does not affect the ability of a state agency or | ||
| political subdivision of the state to construct, operate, maintain, | ||
| or replace a weir, a water diversion, flood control, drainage, or | ||
| water supply system, a low water crossing, or a recreational | ||
| facility in the designated segment; | ||
| (3) does not prohibit the permitting, financing, | ||
| construction, operation, maintenance, or replacement of any water | ||
| management strategy to meet projected water supply needs | ||
| recommended in, or designated as an alternative in, a 2016 regional | ||
| water plan; and | ||
| (4) does not alter any existing property right of an | ||
| affected landowner. | ||
| 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, 2017. | ||
