Bill Text: TX HB4204 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report on the water level of Falcon Lake in Zapata and Starr Counties.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-19 - Committee report printed and distributed [HB4204 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4204-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Guillen, King of Uvalde | H.B. No. 4204 | |
| (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) | ||
| (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021; | ||
| May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, | ||
| Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by | ||
| the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to a study and report on the water level of Falcon Lake in | ||
| Zapata and Starr Counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. STUDY. The Parks and Wildlife Department and the | ||
| Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall jointly conduct a | ||
| study on the water level of Falcon Lake in Zapata and Starr | ||
| Counties. The study must: | ||
| (1) evaluate the optimum water level for recreational | ||
| fishing on the lake; and | ||
| (2) examine the factors that contribute to or are | ||
| affected by the rise and fall of the lake's water levels, including | ||
| flood control, conservation, and hydroelectric power projects. | ||
| SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2022, the | ||
| Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality shall submit to the governor, lieutenant | ||
| governor, and speaker of the house of representatives a report that | ||
| includes: | ||
| (1) the findings of the study conducted under Section | ||
| 1 of this Act; and | ||
| (2) recommendations to achieve and maintain the | ||
| optimum water level for recreational fishing on Falcon Lake, | ||
| consistent with the purpose of the lake's construction. | ||
| SECTION 3. EXPIRATION DATE. This Act expires September 1, | ||
| 2023. | ||
| SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect | ||
| immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members | ||
| elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas | ||
| Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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