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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the extent and management of the John Graves Scenic |
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Riverway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 26.551(2), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(2) "John Graves Scenic Riverway" means that portion |
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of the Brazos River Basin, and its contributing watershed, located |
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downstream of the Morris Shepard Dam on the Possum Kingdom |
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Reservoir in Palo Pinto County, Texas, and extending to the county |
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line between Somervell and Bosque [Parker and Hood] Counties, |
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Texas, including that portion of the river basin and contributing |
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watershed in Johnson County. |
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SECTION 2. Section 26.555(b), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The visual inspections and the drawing of water samples |
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must be conducted at least once in a winter month and at least once |
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in a summer month. The visual inspections must be conducted [both] |
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from the surface of the John Graves Scenic Riverway or [and] from an |
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aircraft flying over the riverway. |
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SECTION 3. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as |
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soon as practicable shall amend its rules as necessary to include in |
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the John Graves Scenic Riverway pilot program under Subchapter M, |
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Chapter 26, Water Code, the area added to the John Graves Scenic |
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Riverway by this Act. The commission shall begin enforcement of |
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Subchapter M, Chapter 26, Water Code, in the area added to the John |
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Graves Scenic Riverway on January 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2009. |