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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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Subsection (e-3) 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 political subdivision is the person |
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designated the subdivision's emergency management director by |
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Section 418.1015, Government Code. The commission shall provide a |
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report of a dam that has a hazard classification of high or |
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significant to the emergency management director for the political |
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subdivision in which the dam is located. The commission shall make a |
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report to the emergency management director not later than: |
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(1) the 48th hour after the time of the designation of |
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a dam as a high hazard classification; or |
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(2) the 30th day after the date of the designation of a |
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dam as a significant hazard classification. |
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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 of the dam to the emergency management |
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director for the political subdivision in which the dam is located |
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as provided by Section 12.052(e-3), Water Code, as added by this |
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Act. Each report must be provided as soon as practicable and not |
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later than March 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |