Bill Text: TX HB4204 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.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-Engrossed.html
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By: Guillen, King of Uvalde | H.B. No. 4204 |
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relating to a study and report on the water level of Falcon Lake in | ||
Zapata and Starr Counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. STUDY. The Parks and Wildlife Department and the | ||
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall jointly conduct a | ||
study on the water level of Falcon Lake in Zapata and Starr | ||
Counties. The study must: | ||
(1) evaluate the optimum water level for recreational | ||
fishing on the lake; and | ||
(2) examine the factors that contribute to or are | ||
affected by the rise and fall of the lake's water levels, including | ||
flood control, conservation, and hydroelectric power projects. | ||
SECTION 2. REPORT. 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 Section | ||
1 of this Act; and | ||
(2) recommendations to achieve and maintain the | ||
optimum water level for recreational fishing on Falcon Lake, | ||
consistent with the purpose of the lake's construction. | ||
SECTION 3. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires September 1, | ||
2023. | ||
SECTION 4. 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. |