1-1 By: Staples S.B. No. 1600 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 1-4 April 18, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 18, 2001, 1-6 sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1600 By: Bernsen 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the water rights permit for the proposed Lake Eastex 1-11 water supply reservoir project. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the proposed Lake 1-14 Eastex project authorized by Water Use Permit No. 4228 (A-4537) is 1-15 a rural water project for political subdivisions and that its 1-16 construction and development are in the public interest. The 1-17 legislature further finds that the deadlines for commencement and 1-18 completion of construction in the permit should be extended so that 1-19 construction of the dam shall be commenced not later than September 1-20 1, 2011, and completed not later than September 1, 2017. The Texas 1-21 Natural Resource Conservation Commission may further extend the 1-22 deadlines for good cause. 1-23 SECTION 2. The Texas Natural Resource Conservation 1-24 Commission shall issue without notice or hearing an amendment to 1-25 the permit extending the deadlines for commencement and completion 1-26 of construction in accordance with this Act. 1-27 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-28 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-29 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-30 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-31 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-32 * * * * *