The state board must prepare and adopt a 10-year dam repair and maintenance plan, update it every 10 years, send it and annual progress reports to the water development board, and consider certain grant timelines when making the plan.
Sec. 201.0227. TEN-YEAR DAM REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE PLAN; REPORTS. (a) In this section: (1) "Plan" means the 10-year dam repair, rehabilitation, and maintenance plan adopted under this section. (2) "Water development board" means the Texas Water Development Board. (b) The state board shall prepare and adopt a plan describing the repair and maintenance needs of flood control dams described by Subsection (c) and prepare and adopt a new plan before the end of the 10th year following the adoption of a plan. (c) The plan must include projects under the jurisdiction of the state board and authorized under: (1) Section 13, Flood Control Act of 1944 (Pub. L. No. 78-534); (2) the pilot watershed program authorized under the Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act, 1954 (Pub. L. No. 83-156); (3) the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act (Pub. L. No. 83-566); and (4) Subtitle H, Title XV, Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 (Pub. L. No. 97-98). (d) The state board shall deliver the plan adopted under this section to the water development board. (d-1) Repealed by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 36 (S.B. 669), Sec. 2, and Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 856 (S.B. 800), Sec. 25(1), eff. September 1, 2021. (e) Each year, the state board shall deliver to the water development board a report regarding progress made on items listed in the plan. If an update to the report or plan is necessary before the yearly report or before the end of the 10-year cycle, the state board must deliver to the water development board an amended report or plan. (f) The state board shall consider the timelines for grant applications for the dam structural repair grant program under Section 201.0226 when preparing and adopting a plan under this section. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 565 (S.B. 8), Sec. 2, eff. June 10, 2019. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 36 (S.B. 669), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 856 (S.B. 800), Sec. 25(1), eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 358 (S.B. 1424), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.