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House Bill 1964 |
House Author: Ashby et al. |
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Effective: 6-10-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Creighton |
House Bill 1964 amends the Water Code to exempt an application for an amendment to a water right from any requirements of a statute or Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) rule regarding notice and hearing or technical review by TCEQ or its executive director, and to prohibit the application from being referred to the State Office of Administrative Hearings for a contested case hearing, if the executive director determines after an administrative review that the application is for an amendment that does the following: adds a purpose of use that does not substantially alter the nature of the right from a right authorizing only nonconsumptive use to a right authorizing consumptive use or substantially alter a pattern of use that is explicitly authorized in or required by the original right; adds a place of use located in the same basin as the place of use authorized by the original right; or changes the point of diversion, given certain conditions.