AN ACT
 1-1     relating to water conservation measures required in a county during
 1-2     a declared drought disaster.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 16.055, Water Code, is amended by adding
 1-5     Subsections (g), (h), and (i) to read as follows:
 1-6           (g)  Immediately upon the declaration under Section 418.014
 1-7     or 418.108, Government Code, of a state of disaster in a county due
 1-8     to drought conditions, the county shall:
 1-9                 (1)  publish notice of the declaration of the state of
1-10     disaster in one or more newspapers having general circulation in
1-11     the county; and
1-12                 (2)  give notice of the declaration of the state of
1-13     disaster to:
1-14                       (A)  the chairman of the regional water planning
1-15     group in which the county is located; and
1-16                       (B)  each person or entity located in the county
1-17     that is required to develop a water conservation plan under Section
1-18     11.1271 or a drought contingency plan under Section 11.1272.
1-19           (h)  On receipt of the notice under Subsection (g)(2)(B), the
1-20     person or entity shall immediately implement the person's or
1-21     entity's water conservation plan or drought contingency plan.
1-22           (i)  Nothing in this section prevents a political subdivision
1-23     or a person or entity required to develop a water conservation plan
1-24     under Section 11.1271 or a drought contingency plan under Section
 2-1     11.1272 from implementing water conservation measures.
 2-2           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-3           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-4     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-5     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-6     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-7     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1301 passed the Senate on
         May 3, 1999, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
               I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1301 passed the House on
         May 25, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                     Date
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                   Governor