Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3655 creates the Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District, coextensive with the boundaries of Grimes, Washington, Waller, Austin, and Walker counties, subject to voter approval at confirmation elections held simultaneously in the five counties. The district includes each county that votes to confirm the creation of the district. It may coordinate activities with the Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District or other groundwater conservation districts to manage portions of the Gulf Coast Aquifer, and it may coordinate activities with the Central Carrizo-Wilcox Coordinating Council and appoint a nonvoting representative to that council.