HOUSE BILL 247 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Turner, Bob et al. |
EFFECTIVE: 06-17-01 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Wentworth |
House Bill 247 amends the Water Code to authorize a person to construct, without a permit, a dam or reservoir with normal storage of not more than 200 acre-feet of water for commercial or noncommercial wildlife management purposes, other than fish farming, on property belonging to the person that is located in an unincorporated area. The bill exempts a person who temporarily stores more than 200 acre-feet of water in a dam or reservoir for domestic or livestock purposes from the requirement to obtain a permit for that dam or reservoir if the person can demonstrate that the person has not stored more than 200 acre-feet of water on average in the dam or reservoir in any 12-month period.