1-1 By: Truan S.B. No. 655
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 5, 1993; March 8, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 23, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
1-5 Nays 0; April 23, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Sims x
1-9 Truan x
1-10 Armbrister x
1-11 Barrientos x
1-12 Bivins x
1-13 Brown x
1-14 Carriker x
1-15 Lucio x
1-16 Montford x
1-17 Ratliff x
1-18 Shelley x
1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20 AN ACT
1-21 relating to the repeal of the exemption of mariculture activities
1-22 from certain permit requirements under the Water Code.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Section 11.121, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-25 follows:
1-26 Sec. 11.121. PERMIT REQUIRED. Except as provided in Section
1-27 <Sections> 11.142 <and 11.1421> of this code, no person may
1-28 appropriate any state water or begin construction of any work
1-29 designed for the storage, taking, or diversion of water without
1-30 first obtaining a permit from the commission to make the
1-31 appropriation.
1-32 SECTION 2. Section 11.1421, Water Code, is repealed.
1-33 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-34 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-35 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-36 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-37 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-38 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-40 Austin,
1-41 Texas
1-42 April 23, 1993
1-43 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-44 President of the Senate
1-45 Sir:
1-46 We, your Committee on Natural Resources to which was referred S.B.
1-47 No. 655, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-48 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-49 pass and be printed.
1-50 Sims,
1-51 Chairman
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1-53 WITNESSES
1-54 FOR AGAINST ON
1-55 ___________________________________________________________________
1-56 Name: Dr. William Harvey x
1-57 Representing: TX Parks & Wildlife
1-58 City: Austin
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1-60 Name: Bruce A. Moulton x
1-61 Representing: TWC
1-62 City: Austin
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1-64 Name: Segoun Boudreaux x
1-65 Representing: TX Shrimp Assn.
1-66 City: Aransas Pass
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1-68 Name: Jim Sagnes x
2-1 Representing: TX Shrimp Assn.
2-2 City: Austin
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2-4 Name: Tim Moore x
2-5 Representing: TX Aquaculture Assoc.
2-6 City: Cedar Park
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