By: Staples S.B. No. 1600 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 1-16 Commission shall issue without notice or hearing an amendment to 1-17 the permit extending the deadlines for commencement and completion 1-18 of 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.