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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 Texas Water |
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Development Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article I, Section 1.02(b), Chapter 1291, Acts |
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of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read |
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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. Time Limitation No. 7.a., Permit No. 2925A, |
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which was issued to the Texas Water Development Board by the Texas |
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Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the predecessor agency |
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to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, is amended to |
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require that construction commence on or before September 1, 2025 |
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and be completed within five years. |
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SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September |
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1, 2011. |