TO: | Honorable Kenneth Armbrister, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB1451 by Averitt (Relating to the management of groundwater resources in the state.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Water Code to require the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to add each state senator and state representative who represents a part of an area proposed for designation as a priority groundwater management area to the list of those to whom the agency provides written notice of a hearing. In addition, the bill would make administrative changes to the operations of a groundwater conservation district.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2005.
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LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, DLBa
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