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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of a permit to a local government |
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corporation for a public water supply project. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.122, Subchapter D, Chapter 36, Water |
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Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(j) Public water supply projects recognized in the State |
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Water Plan or an approved regional water plan and supplying water to |
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water utilities by a water conveyance constructed to convey water |
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from one or more permitted water supply wells are entitled to |
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receive permits to construct, produce and transport water from |
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groundwater conservation districts in an amount sufficient to meet |
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the design capacity of the conveyance system. Notwithstanding any |
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other provisions of this chapter, the permits or series of permits |
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required for the continuous operation of the water supply project |
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at its design capacity shall be issued in accord with the orders, |
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regulations, ordinances, rules, plans, or other properly adopted |
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requirements of the regulating districts(s) in effect at the time |
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the water supply conveyance is constructed. For regulatory |
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purposes, artesian water level drawdown shall be computed as a |
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district wide average and must be measured outside the property |
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controlled by the permittee. All permits required for the |
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continuous operation of the water supply project at its design |
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capacity are considered to be a single series of permits and shall |
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be in effect for the period required by Section 36.122(i) from and |
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after the issuance of the final permit in the single series of |
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permits. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |