Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB2006 by Hegar (Relating to the matters to be taken into consideration by a groundwater conservation district in determining whether to grant or deny a permit or permit amendment.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would allow a groundwater conservation district operating under an adopted limit on available or managed available groundwater to consider when issuing a permit or permit amendment whether the water supply needs, as determined in the most recent regional water plans, can be met.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.