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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to amendments to regional water plans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.053(h), Water Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivisions (10) and (11) to read as follows: |
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(10) The regional water planning group may amend the |
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regional water plan after the plan has been approved by the board. |
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Subdivisions (1)-(9) apply to an amendment to the plan in the same |
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manner as those subdivisions apply to the plan. |
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(11) This subdivision applies only to an amendment to |
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a regional water plan approved by the board. This subdivision does |
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not apply to the adoption of a subsequent regional water plan for |
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submission to the board as required by Subsection (i). |
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Notwithstanding Subdivision (10), the regional water planning |
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group may amend the plan in the manner provided by this subdivision |
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if the executive administrator makes a written determination that |
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the proposed amendment qualifies for adoption in the manner |
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provided by this subdivision before the regional water planning |
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group votes on adoption of the amendment. A proposed amendment |
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qualifies for adoption in the manner provided by this subdivision |
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only if the amendment is a minor amendment, as defined by board |
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rules, that will not result in the overallocation of any existing or |
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planned source of water, does not relate to a new reservoir, and |
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will not have a significant effect on instream flows or freshwater |
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inflows to bays and estuaries. If the executive administrator |
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determines that a proposed amendment qualifies for adoption in the |
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manner provided by this subdivision, the regional water planning |
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group may adopt the amendment at a public meeting held in accordance |
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with Chapter 551, Government Code. The proposed amendment must be |
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placed on the agenda for the meeting, and notice of the meeting must |
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be given in the manner provided by Chapter 551, Government Code, at |
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least two weeks before the date the meeting is held. The public |
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must be provided an opportunity to comment on the proposed |
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amendment at the meeting. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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