By Luna H.B. No. 3045 77R6557 DAK-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to diversion by a permit holder of water for wetland 1-3 enhancement. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 11, Water Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 11.507 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 11.507. WETLAND ENHANCEMENT. An owner of a right to 1-8 appropriate water of the state may, without obtaining an additional 1-9 permit or authority under this chapter, divert water from its 1-10 appropriation into wetlands for enhancement of estuaries if: 1-11 (1) its permit to appropriate water provides for 1-12 releases for the benefit of estuaries; and 1-13 (2) the diversion is in accordance with an order 1-14 issued by the commission under the permit for the benefit of the 1-15 estuaries. 1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.