Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 708 adds a new subchapter to the Water Code relating to the implementation and financing of approved management plans for designated estuaries of national significance in the state. The act designates the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission as the lead agency and authorizes the agency to accept federal grants and award grants and enter into contracts to implement the estuaries program. The act requires certain state agencies to participate in the program, requires an estuary program office to be located in the region of the estuary involved, and provides for the administration of the program.