Bill Text: TX HB3084 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the proposal by the Texas Water Development Board of a process to identify and evaluate multiregional water supply projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Received from the House [HB3084 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3084-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the proposal by the Texas Water Development Board of a process to identify and evaluate multiregional water supply projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Received from the House [HB3084 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3084-Introduced.html
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By: Larson | H.B. No. 3084 |
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relating to the identification of and funding for interregional | ||
water projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 16.052, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 16.052. INTERREGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. (a) The | ||
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planning council. The members of the council serve at the pleasure | ||
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(b) The council consists of one member of each regional | ||
water planning group. Each regional water planning group shall | ||
nominate one or more members for appointment to the council, and the | ||
board shall consider the nominations in making appointments to the | ||
council. Members of the council shall select one member as | ||
presiding officer. | ||
(c) The purposes of the council are to: | ||
(1) improve coordination among the regional water | ||
planning groups, and between each regional water planning group and | ||
the board, in meeting the goals of the state water planning process | ||
and the water needs of the state as a whole; | ||
(2) facilitate dialogue regarding water management | ||
strategies that could affect multiple regional water planning | ||
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(3) identify and propose water projects for the state | ||
water plan that involve multiple water planning areas; | ||
(4) develop proposals for innovative funding | ||
mechanisms for projects identified under Subdivision (3); and | ||
(5) share best practices regarding operation of the | ||
regional, interregional, and state water planning processes | ||
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(d) The council shall: | ||
(1) hold at least one public meeting; and | ||
(2) prepare a report to the board on the council's | ||
work, including projects and funding methods proposed under | ||
Subsections (c)(3) and (4). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |