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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.