Sec. 11.02361. TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL FLOWS SCIENCE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. (a) The Texas environmental flows science advisory committee consists of at least five but not more than nine members appointed by the advisory group.
(b) The advisory group shall appoint to the science advisory committee persons who will provide an objective perspective and diverse technical expertise, including expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, water resources, aquatic and terrestrial biology, geomorphology, geology, water quality, computer modeling, and other technical areas pertinent to the evaluation of environmental flows.
(c) Members of the science advisory committee serve five-year terms expiring March 1. A vacancy on the science advisory committee is filled by appointment by the co-presiding officers of the advisory group for the unexpired term.
(d) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to the size, composition, or duration of the science advisory committee.
(e) The science advisory committee shall:
(1) serve as an objective scientific body to advise and make recommendations to the advisory group on issues relating to the science of environmental flow protection; and
(2) develop recommendations to help provide overall direction, coordination, and consistency relating to:
(A) environmental flow methodologies for bay and estuary studies and instream flow studies;
(B) environmental flow programs at the commission, the Parks and Wildlife Department, and the board; and
(C) the work of the basin and bay expert science teams described in Section 11.02362.
(f) To assist the advisory group to assess the extent to which the recommendations of the science advisory committee are considered and implemented, the commission, the Parks and Wildlife Department, and the board shall provide written reports to the advisory group, at intervals determined by the advisory group, that describe:
(1) the actions taken by each agency in response to each recommendation; and
(2) for each recommendation not implemented, the reason it was not implemented.
(g) The science advisory committee is abolished on the date the advisory group is abolished under Section 11.0236(m).
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (H.B. 3), Sec. 1.07, eff. September 1, 2007.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1430 (S.B. 3), Sec. 1.07, eff. September 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 2 - Water Administration
Subchapter B. Rights in State Water
Section 11.022. Acquisition of Right to Use State Water
Section 11.023. Purposes for Which Water May Be Appropriated
Section 11.0235. Policy Regarding Waters of the State
Section 11.0236. Environmental Flows Advisory Group
Section 11.02361. Texas Environmental Flows Science Advisory Committee
Section 11.02362. Development of Environmental Flow Regime Recommendations
Section 11.024. Appropriation: Preferences
Section 11.025. Scope of Appropriative Right
Section 11.026. Perfection of an Appropriation
Section 11.027. Rights Between Appropriators
Section 11.0275. Fair Market Value
Section 11.029. Title to Appropriation by Limitation
Section 11.030. Forfeiture of Appropriation
Section 11.033. Eminent Domain
Section 11.034. Reservoir Site: Land and Rights-of-Way
Section 11.035. Condemnation of Private Property
Section 11.036. Conserved or Stored Water: Supply Contract
Section 11.037. Water Suppliers: Rules and Regulations
Section 11.038. Rights of Owners of Land Adjoining Canal, Etc
Section 11.039. Distribution of Water During Shortage
Section 11.040. Permanent Water Right
Section 11.041. Denial of Water: Complaint
Section 11.042. Delivering Water Down Banks and Beds
Section 11.043. Recordation of Conveyance of Irrigation Work
Section 11.044. Roads and Highways
Section 11.045. Ditches and Canals
Section 11.046. Return Surplus Water
Section 11.047. Failure to Fence
Section 11.048. Cost of Maintaining Irrigation Ditch
Section 11.049. Examination and Survey
Section 11.050. Tidewater Gates, Etc