Bill Text: TX HB935 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the protection of water quality in certain bodies of water.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-14 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB935 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB935-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Phillips | H.B. No. 935 |
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relating to the protection of water quality in certain bodies of | ||
water. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter G, Chapter 231, Local | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER G. ZONING AROUND LAKE ALAN HENRY, LAKE COOPER, LAKE | ||
RALPH HALL, [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 231.131(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The legislature finds that: | ||
(1) the areas that surround Lake Alan Henry, Lake | ||
Cooper, Lake Ralph Hall, [ |
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Reservoir are or will be frequented for recreational purposes by | ||
residents from every part of the state; | ||
(2) development in the area, including the | ||
construction of on-site water treatment systems or other sources of | ||
contamination, may impact the water quality in the lakes and the | ||
reservoir; | ||
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of concern to the entire state; and | ||
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frequented for resort or recreational purposes will tend to become | ||
congested and to be used in ways that interfere with the proper use | ||
of the area as a place of recreation to the detriment of the public | ||
health, safety, morals, and general welfare. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 231.132(a) and (b), Local Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) This subchapter applies to: | ||
(1) those parts of Garza County located within three | ||
miles of the high water marks established for Lake Alan Henry and | ||
Post Lake except land located in Garza County and owned by the White | ||
River Municipal Water District; | ||
(2) those parts of Kent County located within three | ||
miles of the high water marks established for Lake Alan Henry; | ||
(3) the area within 10,000 feet of where the shoreline | ||
of Lake Cooper would be if the lake were filled to its storage | ||
capacity; [ |
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(4) the area within 5,000 feet of where the shoreline | ||
of Lake Ralph Hall would be if the lake were filled to its storage | ||
capacity; and | ||
(5) the area within 5,000 feet of where the shoreline | ||
of the Lower Bois D'Arc Creek Reservoir would be if the reservoir | ||
were filled to its storage capacity. | ||
(b) The areas described by Subsection (a) are subject to | ||
regulation under this subchapter regardless of whether the | ||
construction of an affected lake or reservoir is complete. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 231.132(c), Local Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2011. |