By: Springer S.B. No. 669

(In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2021; March 11, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs; March 29, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; March 29, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain reports created by the Texas Water Development Board.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 16.403(d), Water Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d) The [Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the] board shall make publicly available [submit to the legislature a report that includes] the most recent data relating to:

(1) statewide water usage in the residential, industrial, agricultural, commercial, and institutional sectors; and

(2) the data collection and reporting program developed under Subsection (c).

SECTION 2. Section 201.0227(d-1), Agriculture Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.

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