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  89R25036 CMO-F     By: VanDeaver, Hefner, Luther, Dean, H.B. No. 2109       Martinez     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2109:     By:  Martinez C.S.H.B. No. 2109       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the removal of certain proposed reservoir sites from   the state water plan.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 16.051(g-1), Water Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (g-1)  Notwithstanding any other [ provisions of ] law, except   as provided by Section 16.0511, a site is considered to be a   designated site of unique value for the construction of a reservoir   if the site is recommended for designation in the 2007 state water   plan adopted by the board and in effect on May 1, 2007. The   designation of a unique reservoir site under this subsection   terminates on September 1, 2015, unless there is an affirmative   vote by a proposed project sponsor to make expenditures necessary   in order to construct or file applications for permits required in   connection with the construction of the reservoir under federal or   state law.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 16.0511 to read as follows:           Sec.   16.0511.     REMOVAL OF CERTAIN SITES FOR PROPOSED   RESERVOIR FROM STATE WATER PLAN. (a) Notwithstanding Section   16.051, the board shall remove a site designated as a site of unique   value for the construction of a reservoir in the state water plan   under Section 16.051, regardless of the site's inclusion in a   regional water plan under Section 16.053, if construction of a   reservoir at the site does not begin before the 50th anniversary of   the site's initial inclusion in any version of the plan.           (b)     A site removed from the state water plan under   Subsection (a) may not be included in any subsequent version of the   plan.           (c)     This section does not apply to the site of a proposed   reservoir for which a water right was issued by the commission on or   before September 1, 2025.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.