87R22879 SLB-F
 
  By: Perry, et al. S.B. No. 600
 
  (King of Uvalde)
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 600:  No.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an inventory of dams controlled by river authorities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 12, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 12.053 to read as follows:
         Sec. 12.053.  INVENTORY OF DAMS OPERATED BY RIVER
  AUTHORITIES. (a)  This section applies only to a river authority
  described by Section 325.025(b), Government Code.
         (b)  Each river authority shall provide to the commission
  information regarding the operation and maintenance of dams under
  the control of that river authority. The commission by rule shall
  require a river authority to provide for each dam under its control
  at least the following information:
               (1)  the location of the dam;
               (2)  under whose jurisdiction the dam operates;
               (3)  a required maintenance schedule for the dam;
               (4)  costs of the operation and maintenance of the dam;
  and
               (5)  the method of finance for the operation and
  maintenance costs of the dam.
         (c)  A river authority shall submit the information required
  by Subsection (b) to the commission each year and in the event of a
  significant change in the information.
         (d)  Subject to federal and state confidentiality laws, the
  commission shall create and maintain an Internet website that
  contains the information collected under this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.