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78R9581 QS-D


By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 1203



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the use of site-specific information by a groundwater 
conservation district to develop its management plan.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 36.1071, Water Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (h) and adding Subsection (i) to read as 
follows:
	(h)  In developing its management plan, the district shall 
use the groundwater availability modeling information provided by 
the executive administrator in conjunction with any available 
site-specific information provided by the district [and acceptable 
to the executive administrator].
	(i)  If the district anticipates using site-specific 
information, not later than the 60th day before the date of the 
public hearing at which adoption of the management plan is first 
considered, the district shall submit the site-specific 
information to the executive administrator for review and comment.  
The executive administrator shall provide comments to the district 
in a timely manner so that the comments are available for 
consideration at the public hearing.  The district shall consider 
the comments received from the executive administrator and may 
revise the management plan accordingly before it is adopted.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.