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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the deadlines for commencement and completion of the |
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Lake Columbia reservoir project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The legislature finds that the proposed Lake |
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Columbia project authorized by Permit to Appropriate State Water |
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Number 4228 (Application No. 4537) is a rural water project for |
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political subdivisions and that its construction and development |
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are in the public interest. The legislature further finds that the |
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Texas Water Development Board has obtained a right and interest in |
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the permit and that the deadlines provided by the permit for |
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commencement and completion of construction of the project should |
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be stricken from the permit. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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shall issue without notice or hearing an amendment to the permit |
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striking from the permit the deadlines provided by the permit for |
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commencement and completion of construction of the project in |
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accordance with this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |
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