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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of supplemental environmental projects by a |
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local government to come into compliance with environmental laws or |
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remediate environmental harm caused by the local government. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 7.067(a-1), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) For a respondent that is a local government, the [The] |
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commission: |
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(1) may approve a supplemental environmental project |
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that is necessary to bring the [a] respondent into compliance with |
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environmental laws or that is necessary to remediate environmental |
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harm caused by the local government's [respondent's] alleged |
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violation; and |
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(2) shall approve a supplemental environmental |
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project described by Subdivision (1) if the local government has |
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not previously committed the same violation [if the respondent is a
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local government]. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |