82R941 RWG-F
 
  By: Callegari H.B. No. 1755
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of a groundwater conservation district to
  adopt different rules for the management of groundwater resources
  located in different areas of the district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 36.001(6) and (7), Water Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
               (6)  "Aquifer" or "groundwater ["Groundwater]
  reservoir" means a specific subsurface water-bearing reservoir
  having ascertainable boundaries containing groundwater.
               (7)  "Subdivision of an aquifer" or "subdivision of a
  groundwater reservoir" means a definable part of a groundwater
  reservoir in which the groundwater supply will not be appreciably
  affected by withdrawing water from any other part of the reservoir,
  as indicated by known geological and hydrological conditions and
  relationships and on foreseeable economic development at the time
  the subdivision is designated or altered.
         SECTION 2.  Section 36.108(d), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  Not later than September 1, 2010, and every five years
  thereafter, the districts shall consider groundwater availability
  models and other data or information for the management area and
  shall establish desired future conditions for the relevant aquifers
  within the management area.  [In establishing the desired future
  conditions of the aquifers under this section, the districts shall
  consider uses or conditions of an aquifer within the management
  area that differ substantially from one geographic area to
  another.]  The districts may establish different desired future
  conditions for[:
               [(1)]  each aquifer, subdivision of an aquifer, or
  geologic strata located in whole or in part within the boundaries of
  the management area[; or
               [(2)     each geographic area overlying an aquifer in
  whole or in part or subdivision of an aquifer within the boundaries
  of the management area].
         SECTION 3.  Section 36.116(d), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  For better management of the groundwater resources
  located in a district [or if a district determines that conditions
  in or use of an aquifer differ substantially from one geographic
  area of the district to another], the district may adopt different
  rules for[:
               [(1)]  each aquifer, subdivision of an aquifer, or
  geologic strata located in whole or in part within the boundaries of
  the district[; or
               [(2)     each geographic area overlying an aquifer or
  subdivision of an aquifer located in whole or in part within the
  boundaries of the district].
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.