Bill Movement: Transparency & River Authorities. Cleansing Powers of Sunlight.

Senator Birdwell’s SB 523 passed the Senate on Thursday. His goals are two fold:

• Sunset review will lead to the maximum benefit being derived from our precious natural resource,water; and
• The need for consistent and uniform system of managing state water, greater transparency, and increased accountability.

Empower Texas has 2 complaints about SB 523:

• Pushing back the date of Sunset Review to 2023 for Sulpher River Basin Authority, which is responsible for the Marvin Nichols Reservoir
• Brazos River Authority original 2017 Sunset Date is pushed to 2023.