By Siebert H.B. No. 3098 74R502 JJT-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to permitted withdrawals of water by a military base from 1-3 the Edwards Aquifer. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, 1-6 Regular Session, 1993, is amended by adding Section 1.161 to read 1-7 as follows: 1-8 Sec. 1.161. INITIAL PERMITS FOR MILITARY BASES. (a) A 1-9 military base that has used underground water from the aquifer 1-10 during the period provided by Subsection (b) of this section is 1-11 entitled to an initial regular permit for withdrawal of an amount 1-12 of water equal to the military base's maximum amount of use of 1-13 underground water from the aquifer during any one year of the 1-14 period. The amount of water is not subject to the proportionate 1-15 adjustment provided by Section 1.16(e) of this article. 1-16 (b) A military base applying for an initial regular permit 1-17 under Section 1.16 of this article must file with the authority a 1-18 declaration of historical use of underground water withdrawn from 1-19 the aquifer during the period from June 1, 1972, through May 31, 1-20 1995. The declaration must be filed on or before March 31, 1996. 1-21 (c) A military base that has timely filed a declaration of 1-22 historical use may continue to withdraw water from the aquifer 1-23 until the authority has taken final action on the permit 1-24 application. 2-1 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-7 passage, and it is so enacted.