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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 determines that the amendment |
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qualifies for adoption in the manner provided by this subdivision |
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before the regional water planning group votes on adoption of the |
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amendment. An amendment qualifies for adoption in the manner |
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provided by this subdivision only if the amendment will not result |
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in the overallocation of any existing or planned source of water, |
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does not relate to a new reservoir, and will not have a significant |
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effect on instream flows or freshwater inflows to bays and |
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estuaries. If the executive administrator determines that an |
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amendment qualifies for adoption in the manner provided by this |
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subdivision, the regional water planning group may adopt the |
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amendment at a public meeting held in accordance with Chapter 551, |
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Government Code. The amendment must be placed on the agenda for the |
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meeting, and notice of the meeting must be given in the manner |
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provided by Chapter 551, Government Code, at least two weeks before |
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the date the meeting is held. The public must be provided an |
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opportunity to comment on the 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. |