S.B. No. 1360

AN ACT

relating to the deadlines for commencement and completion of the Lake Columbia reservoir project.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the proposed Lake Columbia project authorized by Permit to Appropriate State Water Number 4228 (Application No. 4537) is a rural water project for political subdivisions and that its construction and development are in the public interest. The legislature further finds that the Texas Water Development Board has obtained a right and interest in the permit and that the deadlines provided by the permit for commencement and completion of construction of the project should be stricken from the permit.

SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall issue without notice or hearing an amendment to the permit striking from the permit the deadlines provided by the permit for commencement and completion of construction of the project in accordance with this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1360 passed the Senate on April 30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1360 passed the House on May 12, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, one present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor