77R9300 QS-F                           
         By McReynolds, Hopson                                 H.B. No. 2532
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2532:
         By Counts                                         C.S.H.B. No. 2532
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the water rights permit for the proposed Lake Eastex
 1-3     water supply reservoir project.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the proposed Lake
 1-6     Eastex project authorized by Water Use Permit No. 4228 (A-4537) is
 1-7     a rural water project for political subdivisions and that its
 1-8     construction and development are in the public interest.  The
 1-9     legislature further finds that the deadlines for commencement and
1-10     completion of construction in the permit should be extended so that
1-11     construction of the dam shall be commenced not later than September
1-12     1, 2011, and completed not later than September 1, 2017.  The Texas
1-13     Natural Resource Conservation Commission may further extend the
1-14     deadlines for good cause.
1-15           SECTION 2. The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
1-16     shall issue without notice or hearing an amendment to the permit
1-17     extending the deadlines for commencement and completion of
1-18     construction in accordance with this Act.
1-19           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-22     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.