Bill Text: TX SB863 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of certain river or stream segments as being of unique ecological value.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Left pending in committee [SB863 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB863-Introduced.html
85R7278 JAM-F | ||
By: Perry | S.B. No. 863 |
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relating to the designation of certain river or stream segments as | ||
being of unique ecological value. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The legislature, as authorized by Section | ||
16.051(f), Water Code, designates as being of unique ecological | ||
value the following river or stream segments: | ||
(1) Alamito Creek in Presidio County solely within the | ||
boundary of the Trans Pecos Water Trust; | ||
(2) Black Cypress Bayou from its confluence with Big | ||
Cypress Bayou in south central Marion County upstream to its | ||
confluence with Black Cypress Creek east of Avinger in southern | ||
Cass County; | ||
(3) Black Cypress Creek from its confluence with Black | ||
Cypress Bayou east of Avinger in southern Cass County upstream to | ||
its headwaters located four miles northeast of Daingerfield in | ||
eastern Morris County; | ||
(4) Pecan Bayou from two miles south of Woodland in | ||
northwestern Red River County to the Red River in eastern Bowie | ||
County; and | ||
(5) Terlingua Creek in Brewster County solely within | ||
the boundary of Big Bend National Park. | ||
SECTION 2. The designation of a river or stream segment as | ||
being of unique ecological value under Section 1 of this Act: | ||
(1) means only that a state agency or political | ||
subdivision of the state may not finance the actual construction of | ||
a reservoir in the designated segment; | ||
(2) does not affect the ability of a state agency or | ||
political subdivision of the state to construct, operate, maintain, | ||
or replace a weir, a water diversion, flood control, drainage, or | ||
water supply system, a low water crossing, or a recreational | ||
facility in the designated segment; | ||
(3) does not prohibit the permitting, financing, | ||
construction, operation, maintenance, or replacement of any water | ||
management strategy to meet projected water supply needs | ||
recommended in, or designated as an alternative in, a 2016 regional | ||
water plan; and | ||
(4) does not alter any existing property right of an | ||
affected landowner. | ||
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, 2017. |