By: Watson  S.B. No. 199
         (In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2013; January 29, 2013,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
  April 15, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
  Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 15, 2013,
  sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 199 By:  Hegar
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the annual evaluation of water use by owners or
  operators of electric generating facilities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 16, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 16.405 to read as follows:
         Sec. 16.405.  WATER USE EVALUATION BY ELECTRIC GENERATING
  FACILITIES.  (a)  On or before May 15 of each year, an owner or
  operator of an electric generating facility shall submit a report
  to the commission that evaluates the water needs of the facility
  including water source, consumptive water use, nonconsumptive
  water use, and water reuse of the facility during the preceding
  year.
         (b)  This section expires September 1, 2018.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
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