House Bill 2109, authored by House District 1 Representative Gary VanDeaver, was heard in the House Natural Resources Committee last week, with many from Northeast Texas making the trek to Austin and waiting all day for their turn at the podium to voice their opinion. Hundreds of Northeast Texans have also submitted written public comment on HB 2109.
House Bill 2109 as proposed states that if a current water project has been a piece of the official Texas Water Development Board state plan for 50 years or more, without any construction being done, it would be removed for consideration.
The proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir, the behemoth water project and land grab in the Sulphur River basin, has been a part of that water plan since 1968, putting it at 57 years. The new legislation, if passed, erases it.
