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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the timing of submittal of groundwater management |
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plans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.1072, Water Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 36.1072(e-1) If a district's plan is required to be |
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submitted under Subsection (a) or reviewed and re-adopted under |
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Subsection (e) prior to a date that is one year after the date the |
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district receives a managed available groundwater amount under |
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Section 36.108(o) from the executive administrator, then the |
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district may in its sole discretion submit a new or re-adopted plan |
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no later than one year after the date the district receives a |
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managed available groundwater from the executive administrator in |
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lieu of the applicable deadlines set forth under Subsections (a) or |
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(e). The executive administrator may grant extensions for |
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submission of the plan, as appropriate, depending on the timing of |
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the executive administrator's issuance of the managed available |
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groundwater amount to the district. |
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SECTION 2. Section 36.1072(e-1), Water Code, as added by |
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this Act, expires September 1, 1013. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |