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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a water rights permit issued to the Upper Guadalupe |
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River Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 642, Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007, is amended by adding Section 1A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1A. To help facilitate the statewide and regional |
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goals of making efficient and responsible use of the state's water |
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resources, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority may contract to |
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provide any Kerr County entity, and may otherwise use in Kerr |
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County, water for municipal use under Permit No. 5394A, which was |
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issued to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority by the Texas Natural |
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Resource Conservation Commission, the predecessor agency to the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. This section supersedes |
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Permit No. 5394A, and specifically Special Condition No. 5D.i of |
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the permit, to the extent of any conflict. |
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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, 2009. |