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  89R22248 SCR-F     By: Metcalf, Leo Wilson H.B. No. 2954     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2954:     By:  Little C.S.H.B. No. 2954       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the relocation or removal of dredged spoils or   materials by a navigation district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 60, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 60.1021 to read as follows:           Sec.   60.1021.     RELOCATION OR REMOVAL OF DREDGED SPOILS OR   MATERIALS. (a)   In this section:                 (1)     "Dredged material placement area"   means a   federally authorized disposal site for dredged spoils or materials.                 (2)     "Sole expense" means the actual cost of or an   in-kind contribution for the relocation or removal after deducting   the net salvage value derived from the dredged spoils or materials.           (b)     If, in an exercise of the district's powers under this   subchapter, the district's power of eminent domain, or the   district's police power, a district requires the relocation or   removal of dredged spoils or materials from a dredged material   placement area owned, operated, managed, or established by another   district, the district that requires the relocation or removal   shall:                 (1)     comply with all requirements imposed by the United   States Army Corp of Engineers related to the dredged material   placement area; and                 (2)  either:                       (A)     pay at the district's sole expense the cost   of relocating or removing dredged spoils or materials; or                       (B)     relocate or remove the dredged spoils or   materials.           (c)     If the relocation or removal of dredged spoils or   materials under Subsection (b) results in the reduction of another   district's rights to capacity in the dredged material placement   area, the district that required the relocation or removal shall be   obligated to:                 (1)     replace the affected district's lost capacity and   provide rights to the replaced lost capacity in an alternative   dredged material placement area; and                 (2)     pay the affected district's increased costs, if   any, to transport the dredged spoils or materials associated with   the lost capacity to the alternative dredged material placement   area described by Subdivision (1).          SECTION 2.  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, 2025.