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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reports by the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality about dams that have certain hazard classifications. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.052, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsections (e-3), (e-4), and (e-5) to read as follows: |
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(e-3) For purposes of this subsection, the emergency |
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management director for a municipality or county is the person |
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designated that political subdivision's emergency management |
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director by Section 418.1015, Government Code. The commission |
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shall provide a report of a dam that has a hazard classification of |
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high or significant to: |
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(1) the emergency management director, or the |
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emergency management director's designee, for the municipality or |
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county in which the dam is located; and |
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(2) the executive director or equivalent position of |
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each council of government or local or regional development council |
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for the area in which the dam is located. |
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(e-4) The commission shall make a report as described by |
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Subsection (e-3) not later than the 30th day after the date of the |
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designation of a dam as a high or significant hazard |
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classification. The report must include the hazard classification |
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and condition status for each dam that has had a change in hazard |
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classification located in the political subdivision. |
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(e-5) The commission shall provide a biannual report |
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including condition status and other information on each dam with a |
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hazard classification of high or significant to the emergency |
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management director, or the emergency management director's |
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designee, of each municipality and county and the executive |
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director or equivalent position of each council of government or |
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local or regional development council in which a dam included in the |
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report is located. |
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SECTION 2. For each dam that, as of the effective date of |
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this Act, the executive director of the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality maintains a classification of high or |
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significant hazard, the commission shall provide a report regarding |
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the hazard classification and condition status of the dam to the |
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emergency management director, or the emergency management |
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director's designee, of each municipality and county and the |
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executive director or equivalent position of each council of |
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government or local or regional development council in which the |
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dam is located as provided by Section 12.052(e-3), Water Code, as |
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added by this Act. Each report must be provided as soon as |
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practicable and not later than March 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |