Bill Text: TX SB580 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to water intake requirements for the Lower Colorado River Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-23 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB580 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB580-Introduced.html
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| By: Kolkhorst | S.B. No. 580 | |
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| relating to water intake requirements for the Lower Colorado River | ||
| Authority. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 8503, Special District Local Laws Code, | ||
| is amended by adding Section 8503.032 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8503.032. WATER INTAKE REQUIREMENTS. The authority | ||
| shall include in its water management plan a requirement that a | ||
| water intake that provides water for a municipality must be located | ||
| at or below the lowest water level recorded during the drought of | ||
| record for the reservoir in which the intake is located. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| construction of a water intake structure that commences on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2015. | ||
