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House Bill 807 |
House Author: Larson et al. |
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Effective: 6-10-19 |
Senate Sponsor: Buckingham |
House Bill 807 amends the Water Code to require the periodic appointment of an interregional planning council by the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) for the following purposes: improvement of coordination among the regional water planning groups, and between each regional water planning group and the TWDB, in meeting the goals of the state water planning process and the water needs of the state as a whole; facilitation of dialogue regarding water management strategies that could affect multiple regional water planning areas; and the sharing of best practices regarding operation of the regional water planning process. The bill expands the required contents of a regional water planning group's regional water plan and encourages each planning group, in conjunction with the periodic submission of regional water plans to the TWDB, to make any legislative recommendations for changes that planning group members believe would improve the water planning process.