Bill Text: TX HB4204 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a study and report on the water level of Falcon Lake in Zapata and Starr Counties.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-19 - Committee report printed and distributed [HB4204 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4204-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report on the water level of Falcon Lake in Zapata and Starr Counties.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-19 - Committee report printed and distributed [HB4204 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4204-Introduced.html
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 4204 |
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relating to a study and report on the optimum water level of Falcon | ||
Lake. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. STUDY AND REPORT. (a) The Parks and Wildlife | ||
Department and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | ||
jointly shall conduct a study on the optimum water level of Falcon | ||
Lake. The study must examine: | ||
(1) the optimum water level for recreational fishing; | ||
and | ||
(2) the factors that contribute to the rise and fall in | ||
water levels. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1, 2022, the Parks and Wildlife | ||
Department and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall | ||
submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, and speaker of the | ||
house of representatives a report that includes: | ||
(1) the findings of the study conducted under this | ||
section; and | ||
(2) recommendations on maintaining the optimum water | ||
level for recreational fishing on Falcon Lake. | ||
SECTION 2. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires September 1, | ||
2023. | ||
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2021. |