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Senate Bill 1511 |
Senate Author: Perry |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
House Sponsor: Price |
Senate Bill 1511 amends the Water Code to require the state water plan to include, with respect to projects included in the preceding state water plan that were given a high priority by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) for purposes of providing financial assistance from the state water implementation fund for Texas, an assessment of the extent to which the projects were implemented in the decade in which they were needed and an analysis of any impediments to the implementation of any projects that were not implemented in the decade in which they were needed. The bill includes representatives of the State Soil and Water Conservation Board as ex officio members of each regional water planning group. The bill requires a regional water planning group whose regional water plan has been approved by the TWDB and includes a water management strategy or project that ceases to be feasible to amend the plan to exclude that strategy or project and to consider amending the plan to include a feasible water management strategy or project in order to meet the need that was to be addressed by the infeasible water management strategy or project. The bill provides for the election by a regional water planning group to implement simplified water planning.