TO:	Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB2319 by Averitt (Relating to the creation of a groundwater conservation district in a priority groundwater management area.), As Engrossed

The Legislative Budget Board along with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has determined that:

No Water Development Policy Impact Statement will be prepared for this bill under the provisions of Texas Constitution, Article 16, Section 59(d), as this bill does not create a conservation and reclamation district.