| |
| |
| |
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the regulation and enforcement of dam safety by the |
|
|
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 12.052(e-1), Water Code, is amended to |
|
|
read as follows: |
|
|
(e-1) The commission shall exempt an owner of a dam located |
|
|
on private property from meeting requirements related to dam safety |
|
|
if the dam: |
|
|
(1) at maximum capacity impounds less than 500 |
|
|
acre-feet; |
|
|
(2) has a hazard classification of low or significant; |
|
|
(3) is located in a county with a population of less |
|
|
than 350,000 [215,000]; and |
|
|
(4) is not located inside the corporate limits of a |
|
|
municipality. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 12.052(e-3), Water Code, is repealed. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
| |
| |
| |
______________________________ |
______________________________ |
| |
President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
| |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.B. No. 677 was passed by the House on March |
|
|
27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
|
|
voting. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Chief Clerk of the House |
| |
| |
|
|
I certify that H.B. No. 677 was passed by the Senate on May |
|
|
20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
|
|
|
|
|
______________________________ |
|
|
Secretary of the Senate |
|
|
APPROVED: _____________________ |
|
|
Date |
|
|
|
|
|
_____________________ |
|
|
Governor |