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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the public policy for the use of innovative and |
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alternative water treatment technologies for water development |
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purposes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1.003, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1.003. PUBLIC POLICY. It is the public policy of the |
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state to provide for the conservation and development of the |
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state's natural resources, including: |
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(1) the control, storage, preservation, and |
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distribution of the state's storm and floodwaters and the waters of |
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its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and other useful |
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purposes; |
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(2) the reclamation and irrigation of the state's |
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arid, semiarid, and other land needing irrigation; |
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(3) the reclamation and drainage of the state's |
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overflowed land and other land needing drainage; |
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(4) the conservation and development of its forest, |
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water, and hydroelectric power; |
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(5) the navigation of the state's inland and coastal |
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waters; |
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(6) the maintenance of a proper ecological environment |
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of the bays and estuaries of Texas and the health of related living |
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marine resources; |
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(7) the voluntary stewardship of public and private |
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lands to benefit waters of the state; [and] |
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(8) the promotion of rainwater harvesting for potable |
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and nonpotable purposes at public and private facilities in this |
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state, including residential, commercial, and industrial |
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buildings; and |
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(9) the facilitation of the efficient and effective |
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use of innovative and alternative water treatment technologies |
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whenever possible to meet the natural resource needs of this state. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |