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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain groundwater withdrawals allowed by the Edwards |
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Aquifer Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1993, is amended by adding Section 1.21 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 1.21. CERTAIN INCREASED WITHDRAWALS ALLOWED. (a) |
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This section applies only to a municipally owned water utility in a |
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municipality with a population greater than one million located |
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inside the authority's boundaries. |
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(b) Notwithstanding a provision of this article or of a |
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permit issued under this article that is inconsistent or in |
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conflict with this section, the authority shall allow a municipally |
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owned water utility to withdraw an amount of groundwater to provide |
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a military installation with potable water or water for |
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infrastructure maintenance or operations of the military |
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installation if the military installation agrees to reduce its |
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groundwater withdrawals from the same aquifer by that amount under |
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a contract with the utility that authorizes the utility to supply |
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the installation with that amount of groundwater for those |
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purposes. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1.21, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, as added by this Act, applies |
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to a contract entered into before, on, or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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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, 2013. |