78R7197 RCJ-D

By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 2890



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to allowing groundwater conservation districts to define 
waste by local rule.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 36.101, Water Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  A district may adopt and enforce a rule that defines 
waste to include the use of groundwater to fill or maintain a lake, 
pond, or fountain the water in which is used in place solely for 
purposes of landscape enhancement.
	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.