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Amend CSSB 3 (House Committee Printing) in ARTICLE 2 of the
bill by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION 2.____. (a) Notwithstanding Section 16.053(i),
Water Code, and except as otherwise provided by this section, the
Texas Water Development Board may approve and include in the state
water plan for the five-year period beginning January 5, 2007, the
regional water plan that was submitted to the board by the Region L
regional water planning group.
(b) The Texas Water Development Board may approve the
regional water plan for Region L only if the board:
(1) strikes Sections 4C.7, 4C.8, and 4C.32 from the
plan as submitted to the board; and
(2) includes Section 4C.33 in the plan as the Lower
Guadalupe Water Supply Project for Upstream GBRA Needs so as to:
(A) require that the project be developed by the
regional water planning group for Region L in association with the
Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority;
(B) include a transmission pipeline for the
diversion of up to 60,000 acre-feet per year of surface water
available under the water rights held by the Guadalupe-Blanco River
Authority as of December 31, 2006, from the Guadalupe River below
the city of Victoria to upstream points on the river to meet needs
identified by the Region L regional water planning group; provided,
however, that at least 100,000 acre-feet per year of the surface
water must be reserved for lower basin needs;
(C) prohibit the use of fresh groundwater for the
project;
(D) require the consent of the appropriate
property owner before off-channel storage or an off-channel
reservoir may be developed as part of the project; and
(E) require freshwater inflows in an amount
sufficient to meet the Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality, and Texas Water Development
Board's environmental consensus criteria for San Antonio Bay to be
identified and included in the project.
(c) The Texas Water Development Board shall amend the state
water plan for the five-year period beginning January 5, 2007, as
necessary to conform to the requirements of this section.
(d) This section takes effect immediately if this Act
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 section takes effect September 1, 2007.