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AN ACT
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relating to transmittal to the Texas Water Development Board and a |
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local groundwater conservation district of certain information by a |
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person applying to subdivide a tract of land. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 212.0101, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The Texas [Natural Resource Conservation] Commission on |
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Environmental Quality by rule shall establish the appropriate form |
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and content of a certification to be attached to a plat application |
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under this section. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in |
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consultation with the Texas Water Development Board, by rule shall |
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require a person who submits a plat under Subsection (a) to transmit |
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to the Texas Water Development Board and any groundwater |
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conservation district that includes in the district's boundaries |
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any part of the subdivision information that would be useful in: |
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(1) performing groundwater conservation district |
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activities; |
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(2) conducting regional water planning; |
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(3) maintaining the state's groundwater database; or |
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(4) conducting studies for the state related to |
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groundwater. |
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SECTION 2. Section 232.0032, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The Texas [Natural Resource Conservation] Commission on |
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Environmental Quality by rule shall establish the appropriate form |
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and content of a certification to be attached to a plat application |
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under this section. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in |
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consultation with the Texas Water Development Board, by rule shall |
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require a person who submits a plat under Subsection (a) to transmit |
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to the Texas Water Development Board and any groundwater |
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conservation district that includes in the district's boundaries |
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any part of the subdivision information that would be useful in: |
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(1) performing groundwater conservation district |
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activities; |
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(2) conducting regional water planning; |
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(3) maintaining the state's groundwater database; or |
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(4) conducting studies for the state related to |
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groundwater. |
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SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2009, the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt the rules required |
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by Subsection (c), Section 212.0101, and Subsection (c), Section |
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232.0032, Local Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 662 passed the Senate on |
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May 8, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2007, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 662 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |