Water For Environmental Flows - 78th R.S. (2003)

Committee Members

Public members

Charges

• The study commission shall conduct public hearings and
  study public policy implications for balancing the demands on the
  water resources of the state resulting from a growing population
  with the requirements of the riverine, bay, and estuary systems
  including granting permits for instream flows dedicated to
  environmental needs or bay and estuary inflows, use of the Texas
  Water Trust, and any other issues that the study commission
  determines have importance and relevance to the protection of
  environmental flows. In evaluating the options for providing
  adequate environmental flows, the study commission shall take
  notice of the strong public policy imperative that exists in this
  state recognizing that environmental flows are important to the
  biological health of our parks, game preserves, and bay and estuary systems and are high priorities in the permitting process. The study commission shall specifically address ways that the
  ecological soundness of these systems will be ensured in the water allocation process.

Notes

Created by SB 1639, 78th Legislature.

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