Sec. 11.02363.  PERIODIC REVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL FLOW STANDARDS; STATEWIDE WORK PLAN.  (a)  Periodically, the advisory group shall review the environmental flow standards for each river basin and bay system adopted by the commission under Section 11.1471.  In conducting a review of the environmental flow standards, the advisory group shall:
(1)  work with the science advisory committee and the pertinent basin and bay area stakeholder committees and basin and bay expert science teams in a manner similar to that provided by Section 11.02362;
(2)  take into consideration the work plans developed under Section 11.02362(p);
(3)  analyze previous environmental flow recommendations and standards;
(4)  prescribe future monitoring, studies, and activities needed to better understand the environmental flow; and
(5)  validate or refine:
(A)  the environmental flow recommendations;
(B)  the environmental flow standards adopted by the commission; and
(C)  strategies to achieve the environmental flow standards.
(b)  The advisory group shall develop a biennial statewide work plan to prioritize and schedule the review of environmental flow standards under Subsection (a).  The work plan must establish:
(1)  the methodology used to prioritize the review of the environmental flow standards of each river basin and bay system; and
(2)  a timeline for the review of the environmental flow standards of each river basin and bay system.
(c)  The advisory group shall submit to the commission:
(1)  any review conducted under Subsection (a), including recommendations to the commission for use in adopting rules under Section 11.1471; and
(2)  the biennial work plan developed under Subsection (b).
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1102 (S.B. 1397), Sec. 16, eff. September 1, 2023.