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Amend CSSB 1451 by inserting the following appropriately
numbered SECTIONS and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION __. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
adding Sections 325.025 and 325.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 325.025. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTS SUBJECT
TO REVIEW. (a) A groundwater conservation district listed in
Subsection (b) is subject to review under this chapter as if it were
a state agency but is not abolished under this chapter.
(b) This section applies only to:
(1) Anderson County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(2) Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater
District;
(3) Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation
District;
(4) Bee Groundwater Conservation District;
(5) Blanco Pedernales Groundwater Conservation
District;
(6) Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District;
(7) Brazoria County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(8) Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District;
(9) Brewster County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(10) Clear Fork Groundwater Conservation District;
(11) Clearwater Underground Water Conservation
District;
(12) Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District;
(13) Coastal Plains Groundwater Conservation
District;
(14) Coke County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(15) Collingsworth County Underground Water
Conservation District;
(16) Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District;
(17) Crossroads Groundwater Conservation District;
(18) Culberson County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(19) Dallam County Underground Water Conservation
District No. 1;
(20) Edwards Aquifer Authority;
(21) Emerald Underground Water Conservation District;
(22) Evergreen Underground Water Conservation
District;
(23) Fayette County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(24) Fort Bend Subsidence District;
(25) Fox Crossing Water District;
(26) Garza County Underground and Fresh Water
Conservation District;
(27) Glasscock Groundwater Conservation District;
(28) Goliad County Groundwater Conservation District;
(29) Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(30) Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(31) Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District;
(32) Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District;
(33) Headwaters Groundwater Conservation District;
(34) Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(35) Hickory Underground Water Conservation District
No. 1;
(36) High Plains Underground Water Conservation
District No. 1;
(37) Hill Country Underground Water Conservation
District;
(38) Hudspeth County Underground Water Conservation
District No. 1;
(39) Irion County Water Conservation District;
(40) Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(41) Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District;
(42) Kimble County Groundwater Conservation District;
(43) Kinney County Groundwater Conservation District;
(44) Lavaca County Groundwater Conservation District;
(45) Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District;
(46) Live Oak Underground Water Conservation
District;
(47) Llano Estacado Underground Water Conservation
District;
(48) Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District;
(49) Lone Wolf Groundwater Conservation District;
(50) Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District;
(51) Lower Seymour Groundwater Conservation District;
(52) McMullen Groundwater Conservation District;
(53) Medina County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(54) Menard County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(55) Mesa Underground Water Conservation District;
(56) Mid-East Texas Groundwater Conservation
District;
(57) Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District;
(58) Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation
District;
(59) Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater
Conservation District;
(60) North Plains Groundwater Conservation District
No. Two;
(61) Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District;
(62) Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District;
(63) Permian Basin Underground Water Conservation
District;
(64) Pineywoods Groundwater Conservation District;
(65) Plateau Underground Water Conservation and
Supply District;
(66) Plum Creek Conservation District;
(67) Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation
District;
(68) Presidio County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(69) Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation
District;
(70) Red Sands Groundwater Conservation District;
(71) Refugio Groundwater Conservation District;
(72) Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation
District;
(73) Rusk County Groundwater Conservation District;
(74) Salt Fork Underground Water Conservation
District;
(75) Sandy Land Underground Water Conservation
District;
(76) Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation
District;
(77) Saratoga Underground Water Conservation
District;
(78) South Plains Underground Water Conservation
District;
(79) Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation
District;
(80) Sterling County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(81) Sutton County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(82) Texana Groundwater Conservation District;
(83) Tri-County Groundwater Conservation District;
(84) Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation
District;
(85) Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(86) Wes-Tex Groundwater Conservation District; and
(87) Wintergarden Groundwater Conservation District.
Sec. 325.026. SCHEDULE OF REVIEW FOR GROUNDWATER
CONSERVATION DISTRICTS. (a) The groundwater conservation
districts listed in Section 325.025 shall be reviewed according to
the schedule provided by Subsections (b)-(g).
(b) During the periods in which state agencies abolished in
2007 and every 12th year after 2007 are reviewed, the following
districts shall be reviewed:
(1) Collingsworth County Underground Water
Conservation District;
(2) Dallam County Underground Water Conservation
District No. 1;
(3) Garza County Underground and Fresh Water
Conservation District;
(4) Hemphill County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(5) High Plains Underground Water Conservation
District No. 1;
(6) Llano Estacado Underground Water Conservation
District;
(7) Lower Seymour Groundwater Conservation District;
(8) Mesa Underground Water Conservation District;
(9) North Plains Groundwater Conservation District
No. Two;
(10) Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District;
(11) Salt Fork Underground Water Conservation
District;
(12) Sandy Land Underground Water Conservation
District;
(13) South Plains Underground Water Conservation
District;
(14) Fort Bend Subsidence District; and
(15) Harris-Galveston Coastal Subsidence District.
(c) During the periods in which state agencies abolished in
2009 and every 12th year after 2009 are reviewed, the following
districts shall be reviewed:
(1) Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater
District;
(2) Blanco Pedernales Groundwater Conservation
District;
(3) Brewster County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(4) Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District;
(5) Culberson County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(6) Emerald Underground Water Conservation District;
(7) Headwaters Groundwater Conservation District;
(8) Hickory Underground Water Conservation District
No. 1;
(9) Hill Country Underground Water Conservation
District;
(10) Hudspeth County Underground Water Conservation
District No. 1;
(11) Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(12) Kimble County Groundwater Conservation District;
(13) Kinney County Groundwater Conservation District;
(14) Medina County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(15) Menard County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(16) Middle Pecos Groundwater Conservation District;
(17) Plateau Underground Water Conservation and
Supply District;
(18) Presidio County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(19) Real-Edwards Conservation and Reclamation
District;
(20) Sutton County Underground Water Conservation
District; and
(21) Uvalde County Underground Water Conservation
District.
(d) During the periods in which state agencies abolished in
2011 and every 12th year after 2011 are reviewed, the following
districts shall be reviewed:
(1) Brazoria County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(2) Clear Fork Groundwater Conservation District;
(3) Coke County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(4) Crossroads Groundwater Conservation District;
(5) Glasscock Groundwater Conservation District;
(6) Irion County Water Conservation District;
(7) Lipan-Kickapoo Water Conservation District;
(8) Lone Wolf Groundwater Conservation District;
(9) Permian Basin Underground Water Conservation
District;
(10) Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation
District;
(11) Santa Rita Underground Water Conservation
District;
(12) Sterling County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(13) Tri-County Groundwater Conservation District;
and
(14) Wes-Tex Groundwater Conservation District.
(e) During the periods in which state agencies abolished in
2013 and every 12th year after 2013 are reviewed, the following
districts shall be reviewed:
(1) Bee Groundwater Conservation District;
(2) Edwards Aquifer Authority;
(3) Evergreen Underground Water Conservation
District;
(4) Goliad County Groundwater Conservation District;
(5) Kenedy County Groundwater Conservation District;
(6) Live Oak Underground Water Conservation District;
(7) McMullen Groundwater Conservation District;
(8) Red Sands Groundwater Conservation District;
(9) Refugio Groundwater Conservation District;
(10) Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation
District; and
(11) Wintergarden Groundwater Conservation District.
(f) During the periods in which state agencies abolished in
2015 and every 12th year after 2015 are reviewed, the following
districts shall be reviewed:
(1) Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation
District;
(2) Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District;
(3) Coastal Plains Groundwater Conservation District;
(4) Fayette County Groundwater Conservation District;
(5) Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(6) Guadalupe County Groundwater Conservation
District;
(7) Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District;
(8) Lavaca County Groundwater Conservation District;
(9) Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District;
(10) Pecan Valley Groundwater Conservation District;
(11) Plum Creek Conservation District; and
(12) Texana Groundwater Conservation District.
(g) During the periods in which state agencies abolished in
2017 and every 12th year after 2017 are reviewed, the following
districts shall be reviewed:
(1) Anderson County Underground Water Conservation
District;
(2) Bluebonnet Groundwater Conservation District;
(3) Brazos Valley Groundwater Conservation District;
(4) Clearwater Underground Water Conservation
District;
(5) Fox Crossing Water District;
(6) Lone Star Groundwater Conservation District;
(7) Mid-East Texas Groundwater Conservation District;
(8) Middle Trinity Groundwater Conservation District;
(9) Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater
Conservation District;
(10) Pineywoods Groundwater Conservation District;
(11) Post Oak Savannah Groundwater Conservation
District;
(12) Rusk County Groundwater Conservation District;
(13) Saratoga Underground Water Conservation
District; and
(14) Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation
District.