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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the naming of a reservoir by certain water districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 49.239 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 49.239. RESERVOIR NAME APPROVAL. (a) Before a |
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district may name a reservoir that the district is authorized to |
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construct and that the district will own or operate, the district |
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must request approval of the name from the commissioners court of |
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the county in which the reservoir project site is located. |
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(b) If the reservoir project site is located in more than |
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one county, the district must request approval of the name from the |
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commissioners court of the county in which the reservoir project |
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site is principally located. For purposes of this subsection, a |
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reservoir project site is principally located in a county if a |
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majority of the acreage of the reservoir surface area will be |
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located in that county. |
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(c) A commissioners court that receives a request from a |
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district for the approval of a name for a reservoir under this |
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section shall approve or deny the request not later than the 60th |
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day after the date the district submits the request. If the |
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commissioners court fails to approve or deny the request within the |
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period prescribed by this subsection, the request is considered |
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approved. |
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(d) This section does not prevent a district from soliciting |
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input regarding a name for a reservoir from the commissioners court |
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of each county in which the reservoir or any part of the reservoir |
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will be located. |
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SECTION 2. Section 49.239, Water Code, as added by this Act, |
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applies to a reservoir project that was authorized to be |
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constructed before the effective date of this Act but that is not |
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complete on the effective date of this Act and a reservoir project |
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that is authorized to be constructed on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |