It was in 2008, too. Just written differently...
250.53 said metal underground water pipe must have supplemental electrode.... drive and connect rod... 250.56 says if single rod doesn't have 25 ohms or less, must be augmented by another electrode (not water pipe)... drive and connect second rod.
Currently (2011 and 2014), there is no .56 and .53 says that if a rod electrode is used it must be supplemented by one of a list of types which specifically does
not include an underground water pipe, but does include another rod.
Then it adds that if the single rod electrode has a resistance of 25 ohms or less, then no supplemental electrode is needed. That supplemental electrode may be, but does not have to be rod pipe or plate. If you have one of the other types listed in .52(A) (2)-(6), then you do not specifically need another ground rod even when the original rod has a resistance greater than 25 ohms.
It is just that making one of the other types is difficult enough that it has become standard practice to drive a second rod instead.