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Senate Committee Says Slow Down on Texas Water Deals.

Byline: Robert Elder

Dec. 19--A state Senate panel on Thursday warned the General Land Office to move slowly into water deals, a directive that could delay the state's involvement in contracts in West Texas and along the Texas 130 corridor in Central Texas.

The Senate Subcommittee on the Lease of State Water Rights voted to ask Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson to hold off on leasing West Texas lands to private water developers until the end of 2004. Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Frank Madla, D-San Antonio, said the Texas Water Development Board needs time to determine how much groundwater can safely be removed from West Texas aquifers.

Decisions on using state lands ...

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