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Senate Bill 662 |
Senate Author: Wentworth |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
House Sponsor: Hilderbran |
Texas law provides that when a plat for the subdivision of a tract of land is submitted, and the source of water supply intended for the subdivision is groundwater under that land, a municipality or county may require the plat application to include a statement by an engineer or geoscientist certifying that adequate groundwater is available for the subdivision. Senate Bill 662 amends the Local Government Code to authorize the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in consultation with the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB), to require a person who submits such a plat to transmit to the TWDB, and to any groundwater conservation district (GCD) that includes any part of the subdivision, information that would be useful in performing GCD activities, conducting regional water planning, maintaining the state's groundwater database, or conducting studies for the state related to groundwater.