Bill Text: TX HB2114 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the engineering feasibility and construction of a reservoir.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-27 - Filed [HB2114 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB2114-Introduced.html

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By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 2114

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the engineering feasibility and construction of a
reservoir.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.051, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subdivision (g-2) to read as follows:
(g-2) An engineering firm contracted or procured to
assist in the preparation of the state water plan, a regional water
plan approved under Section 16.053, or the feasibility of a project
contained within these plans shall not be eligible to participate
in the construction of a reservoir under this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.