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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the development, management, and preservation of the |
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water resources of the state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds |
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that: |
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(1) the development of new water supplies to meet the |
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growing demand for water is necessary for the sound economic |
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development of this state and is of concern and importance to this |
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state; |
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(2) feasible sites for new reservoirs are identified |
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as having unique value in the 2006 regional water plans and the 2007 |
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state water plan; |
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(3) most of the proposed reservoirs are also part of |
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recommended strategies for fulfilling identified needs in the 2007 |
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state water plan that may occur as early as 2010 and 2020; |
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(4) it is necessary to preempt actions that could |
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circumvent the state's primacy over surface water in the state; and |
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(5) designation of these sites as unique reservoir |
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sites or river or stream segments of unique ecological value is |
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necessary for the sound economic development of this state, for the |
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protection of natural resources, and for the purpose of promoting |
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the public health, safety, and general welfare of this state. |
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SECTION 2. DESIGNATION OF UNIQUE RESERVOIR SITES. The |
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legislature, as authorized by Section 16.051(g), Water Code, |
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designates the following sites as having unique value for the |
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construction of a dam and reservoir and further determines that the |
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sites are necessary to meet water supply needs: |
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(1) Lower Bois d'Arc reservoir, to be located on Bois |
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d'Arc Creek in Fannin County, upstream from the Caddo National |
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Grasslands Wildlife Management Area; |
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(2) Lake Ralph Hall reservoir, to be located on the |
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North Sulphur River in southeast Fannin County, north of the city of |
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Ladonia; |
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(3) Marvin Nichols reservoir, to be located on the |
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Sulphur River upstream from its confluence with White Oak Creek; |
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the dam will be located in Titus and Red River Counties and the |
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reservoir will also impound water in Franklin County; |
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(4) Lake Fastrill reservoir, to be located on the |
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Neches River in Anderson and Cherokee Counties, downstream from |
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Lake Palestine; |
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(5) Tehuacana Creek reservoir, to be located on |
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Tehuacana Creek in Freestone County, south of the Richland-Chambers |
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reservoir, with the two lakes to be connected by a channel; |
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(6) Bedias reservoir, to be located on both Bedias and |
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Caney Creeks in portions of Grimes, Madison, and Walker Counties; |
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(7) Brushy Creek reservoir, to be located near the |
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city of Marlin in central Falls County; |
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(8) Little River reservoir, to be located on the |
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Little River upstream from its confluence with the Brazos River in |
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Milam County; |
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(9) Little River off-channel reservoir, to be located |
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northwest of the city of Milano in Milam County, on Beaver Creek, a |
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tributary of the Little River; |
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(10) Texana Stage II reservoir, also known as Palmetto |
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Bend, to be located on the Lavaca River in Jackson County above the |
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confluence with the Navidad River and extending the existing dam |
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west across the Lavaca River; |
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(11) Goldthwaite channel dam reservoir, to be located |
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on the Colorado River west of the city of Goldthwaite and downstream |
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from the existing diversion structure; |
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(12) Wheeler Branch off-channel reservoir, to be |
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located on the Wheeler Branch tributary of the Paluxy River and |
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north of the city of Glen Rose in Somervell County; |
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(13) Cedar Ridge reservoir, to be located on the Clear |
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Fork of the Brazos River upstream from its confluence with Paint |
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Creek and in Throckmorton, Shackelford, and Haskell Counties; |
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(14) Lake 07 reservoir, to be located in southeastern |
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Lubbock County, to impound developed water resources discharged |
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into Yellowhouse Canyon as part of the Canyon Lakes System, also |
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known as the Jim Bertram Lake System; |
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(15) Lake 08 reservoir, to be located in southeastern |
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Lubbock County, to impound developed water resources discharged |
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into Yellowhouse Canyon as part of the Canyon Lakes System, also |
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known as the Jim Bertram Lake System; |
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(16) Nueces off-channel reservoir, to be located west |
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of Lake Corpus Christi in south central Live Oak County, to be |
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linked to Lake Corpus Christi by pipeline and operated as part of |
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the Choke Canyon-Lake Corpus Christi reservoir system; |
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(17) Ringgold reservoir, to be located on the Little |
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Wichita River in Clay County approximately one-half mile upstream |
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from its confluence with the Red River; |
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(18) Muenster reservoir, to be located on Brushy Elm |
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Creek in western Cooke County; and |
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(19) Brownsville Weir and reservoir, to be located on |
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the lower Rio Grande in Cameron County; the proposed project |
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consists of a weir structure across the channel of the river |
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approximately eight miles downstream from the city of Brownsville. |
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SECTION 3. DESIGNATION OF SITES OF UNIQUE ECOLOGICAL VALUE. |
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The legislature, as authorized by Section 16.051(f), Water Code, |
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designates those river or stream segment sites recommended in the |
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2007 state water plan as being of unique ecological value. |
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SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |