Bill Text: TX HB677 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation and enforcement of dam safety by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 8)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB677 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB677-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 677 | ||
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| relating to the regulation and enforcement of dam safety by the | ||
| Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 12.052(e-1), Water Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (e-1) The commission shall exempt an owner of a dam located | ||
| on private property from meeting requirements related to dam safety | ||
| if the dam: | ||
| (1) at maximum capacity impounds less than 500 | ||
| acre-feet; | ||
| (2) has a hazard classification of low or significant; | ||
| (3) is located in a county with a population of less | ||
| than 350,000 [ |
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| (4) is not located inside the corporate limits of a | ||
| municipality. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 12.052(e-3), Water Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 677 was passed by the House on March | ||
| 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 677 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
