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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability |
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models for certain river basins. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.012, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: |
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(h-1) Not later than December 1, 2022, the commission shall |
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obtain or develop updated water availability models for the Brazos |
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River, Neches River, Red River, and Rio Grande river basins. The |
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commission may collect data from all jurisdictions that allocate |
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the waters of the rivers, including jurisdictions outside this |
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state. This subsection expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is |
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required to implement a provision of this Act only if the |
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legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If |
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the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a |
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provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 723 was passed by the House on April |
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10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 723 on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 106, Nays 0, 1 |
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present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 723 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 1, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |