Bill Text: TX SB2115 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of certain engineering firms to participate in the construction of a reservoir.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-24 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB2115 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB2115-Introduced.html

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89R15516 CMO-F
By: Hughes S.B. No. 2115

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain engineering firms to
participate in the construction of a reservoir.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.051, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (g-2) to read as follows:
(g-2) An engineering firm may not participate in the
construction of a reservoir at a site designated as a site of unique
value for the construction of a reservoir in the state water plan
described by this section if the firm was contracted with or
procured to assist in:
(1) preparing a state water plan described by this
section;
(2) preparing a regional water plan described by
Section 16.053; or
(3) evaluating the feasibility of a project contained
in a water plan described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.