Bill Text: TX SB580 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to water intake requirements for the Lower Colorado River Authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-23 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB580 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB580-Introduced.html
  84R7821 SLB-D
 
  By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 580
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to water intake requirements for the Lower Colorado River
  Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 8503, Special District Local Laws Code,
  is amended by adding Section 8503.032 to read as follows:
         Sec. 8503.032.  WATER INTAKE REQUIREMENTS. The authority
  shall include in its water management plan a requirement that a
  water intake that provides water for a municipality must be located
  at or below the lowest water level recorded during the drought of
  record for the reservoir in which the intake is located.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  construction of a water intake structure that commences on or after
  the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2015.
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