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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of certain river or stream segments as |
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being of unique ecological value. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The legislature, as authorized by Section |
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16.051(f), Water Code, designates as being of unique ecological |
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value the following river or stream segments: |
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(1) Alamito Creek in Presidio County solely within the |
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boundary of the Trans Pecos Water Trust; |
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(2) Black Cypress Bayou from its confluence with Big |
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Cypress Bayou in south central Marion County upstream to its |
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confluence with Black Cypress Creek east of Avinger in southern |
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Cass County; |
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(3) Black Cypress Creek from its confluence with Black |
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Cypress Bayou east of Avinger in southern Cass County upstream to |
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its headwaters located four miles northeast of Daingerfield in |
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eastern Morris County; |
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(4) Pecan Bayou from two miles south of Woodland in |
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northwestern Red River County to the Red River in eastern Bowie |
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County; and |
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(5) Terlingua Creek in Brewster County solely within |
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the boundary of Big Bend National Park. |
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SECTION 2. The designation of a river or stream segment as |
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being of unique ecological value under Section 1 of this Act: |
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(1) means only that a state agency or political |
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subdivision of the state may not finance the actual construction of |
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a reservoir in the designated segment; |
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(2) does not affect the ability of a state agency or |
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political subdivision of the state to construct, operate, maintain, |
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or replace a weir, a water diversion, flood control, drainage, or |
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water supply system, a low water crossing, or a recreational |
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facility in the designated segment; |
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(3) does not prohibit the permitting, financing, |
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construction, operation, maintenance, or replacement of any water |
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management strategy to meet projected water supply needs |
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recommended in, or designated as an alternative in, a 2016 regional |
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water plan; and |
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(4) does not alter any existing property right of an |
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affected landowner. |
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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, 2017. |