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SB 3, 80th R.S.
Relating to the development, management, and preservation of the water resources of the state; providing penalties.

Proposed rules, 30 TAC ch. 298, Environmental flow standards for surface water, Environmental flow standards 2: Colorado/Lavaca and Guadalupe/San Antonio and revisions to the schedule for the Sabine and Neches Rivers (Rule project no. 2011-059-298-OW, Tex. H.B. 3/S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S.).
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By Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
Publication Date: March 28, 2012 Agenda
Environmental flows standards and strategies recommendations report (pursuant to Tex. S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S.).
See: http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assets/public/permitting/watersupply/water_rights/eflows/20110901gsabbasc_report.pdf
By Guadalupe, San Antonio, Mission, and Aransas Rivers and Mission, Copano, Aransas, and San Antonio Bays Basin and Bay Area Stakeholders Committee (GSA BBASC)
Publication Date: September 1, 2011
Adopted rules, 30 TAC § 35.101, Emergency suspension of permit conditions relating to, and emergency authority to make available water set aside for, beneficial inflows to affected bays and estuaries and instream uses, and 30 TAC ch. 298, Environmental flow standards for surface water (Galveston Bay, Trinity and San Jacinto Rivers, Sabine and Neches Rivers, and Sabine Lake, drought).
See: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0506/0506adop.pdf#page=11
In 36 Texas Register 2838 and 2987
By Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) / Texas Secretary of State
Publication Date: May 6, 2011 (April 20, 2011 TCEQ public hearing)
LCRA-SAWS water project: 2007 project viability assessment.
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By Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), San Antonio Water System (SAWS)
Publication Date: March 2008
Library Location: L2510.8 P943 2008
Tex. S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S., Amendment 5 (excluding certain districts).
See: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/amendments/pdf/SB00003H35.PDF
By Representative Chente Quintanilla
Publication Date: May 23, 2007
Tex. S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S., Amendment H2-60 (Effect of subdivision of nonagricultural land on water rights).
See: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/amendments/pdf/SB00003H260.PDF
By Representative Veronica Gonzales
Publication Date: Adopted May 22, 2007
Tex. S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S., Amendment H2-61, Abolition of certain water control and improvement, water improvement, and irrigation districts that deliver raw water to municipalities.
See: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/amendments/pdf/SB00003H261.PDF
By Representative Ismael "Kino" Flores
Publication Date: Adopted May 22, 2007
Tex. S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S., Amendments H2-90 and H2-92 (drought protection to San Marcos and Comal springs, allowing more pumping).
See: http://www.journals.house.state.tx.us/hjrnl/80r/pdf/80RDAY81FINAL.PDF#page=151
In House Journal, 80th Legislature, pp. 5045-5047
By Representative Patrick Rose
Publication Date: May 22, 2007
Tex. S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S., Amendment 27, Water conservation advisory council.
See: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/amendments/pdf/SB00003H23.PDF
By Representative Robert Puente
Publication Date: May 21, 2007
Tex. S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S., Amendment 5, Water Code § 49.2205, Use of right-of-way easements for certain energy-related purposes.
See: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/amendments/pdf/SB00003H25.PDF
By Representative Robert Puente
Publication Date: Adopted May 21, 2007
Tex. S.B. 3, 80th Leg., R.S., Amendment S2-F4 (water source study).
See: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/amendments/html/SB00003S2F4.HTM
By Senator Kevin Eltife
Publication Date: March 27, 2007
Lawmakers focus on a number of rural issues in regular session.
In Texas Agriculture
Publication Date: July 6, 2007
Library Location: Periodicals
Legislative update.
In Texas Bar Journal
Publication Date: September 2007
Library Location: Periodicals
80th Texas Legislature scorecard: some progress, some disappointment.
In Texas Public Employee
Publication Date: June 2007
Library Location: Periodicals
Where'd all the (ground) water go? Three approaches to balancing resource efficiency with rural sustainability in Texas.
In South Texas Law Review
Publication Date: Spring 2008
Library Location: Periodicals
Water water everywhere.
See: http://www.txfb.org/newsmanager/templates/TXFBTemplate.aspx?articleid=5847&zoneid=118
In Texas Agriculture
Publication Date: January 15, 2010
Library Location: Periodicals
Edwards Aquifer recovery implementation program update.
In Texas Wildlife
Publication Date: June 2011
Library Location: Periodicals
From policy to reality: maximizing urban water conservation in Texas.
Publication Date: April 2008
Delivering on the unrealized potential of Senate Bill 3.
Publication Date: September 2021


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