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Senate Bill 1762 |
Senate Author: Shapleigh |
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Effective: 6-16-07 |
House Sponsor: Guillen |
Senate Bill 1762 requires the Texas Water Development Board, in coordination with the Far West Texas Regional Water Planning Group, to conduct a study of the possible impact of climate change on surface water supplies from the Rio Grande. The bill requires the board to convene a regional conference on the subject, with participants to include representatives of the Far West Texas Regional Planning Group, water authorities, industrial customers, agricultural interests, municipalities, fishing or recreational interests, environmental advocacy organizations, and institutions of higher education. It sets out an agenda for that conference and requires the board to report its findings to the legislature not later than December 31, 2008.