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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the water rights permits issued to the Texas Water |
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Development Board for the Allens Creek Reservoir. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 1.02, Chapter 1291 (S.B. |
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1593), Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Upon application by the Texas Water Development Board |
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pursuant to Section 11.1311, Water Code, the Texas Natural Resource |
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Conservation Commission shall reissue without notice or hearing |
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Water Appropriation Permit No. 2925 previously issued for the |
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Allens Creek Reservoir. The permit shall be issued in the name of |
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the Texas Water Development Board and it shall have a priority date |
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of September 1, 1999. The date to commence construction of the |
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reservoir shall be not later than September 1, 2025 [2018]. The |
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Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission may extend such time |
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for beginning of construction for good cause. |
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SECTION 2. Article 1, Chapter 1291 (S.B. 1593), Acts of the |
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76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by adding |
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Section 1.06 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1.06. (a) Time Limitation No. 7.a. in Permit No. |
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2925A issued by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, |
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the predecessor agency to the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality, to the Texas Water Development Board is amended to require |
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that construction of the Allens Creek Reservoir commence on or |
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before September 1, 2025, and be completed not later than the fifth |
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anniversary of the date construction of the reservoir commences. |
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2011, the Texas Commission |
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on Environmental Quality shall reissue Permit No. 2925A, as amended |
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by Subsection (a) of this section. |
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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, 2011. |