Bill Text: TX SB600 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an inventory of dams controlled by river authorities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB600 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB600-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 600 |
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relating to an inventory of dams controlled by river authorities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 12.053 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.053. INVENTORY OF DAMS OPERATED BY RIVER | ||
AUTHORITIES. (a) This section applies only to a river authority | ||
described by Section 325.025(b), Government Code. | ||
(b) Each river authority shall provide to the commission | ||
information regarding the operation and maintenance of dams under | ||
the control of that river authority. The commission by rule shall | ||
require a river authority to provide for each dam under its control | ||
at least the following information: | ||
(1) the location of the dam; | ||
(2) under whose jurisdiction the dam operates; | ||
(3) a required maintenance schedule for the dam; | ||
(4) costs of the operation and maintenance of the dam; | ||
and | ||
(5) the method of finance for the operation and | ||
maintenance costs of the dam. | ||
(c) A river authority shall submit the information required | ||
by Subsection (b) to the commission each year and in the event of a | ||
significant change in the information. | ||
(d) Subject to federal and state confidentiality laws, the | ||
commission shall create and maintain an Internet website that | ||
contains the information collected under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 600 passed the Senate on | ||
April 9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 600 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 11, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 137, | ||
Nays 6, two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |