84R3158 SLB-D
 
  By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1232
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board regarding
  the mapping of groundwater in confined and unconfined aquifers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The Texas Water Development Board shall conduct
  a study to define the quality and quantity of groundwater in this
  state in confined and unconfined aquifers. In conducting the study,
  the board shall produce a map that shows the area and water quality
  of confined and unconfined groundwater aquifers.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 31, 2016, the Texas Water
  Development Board shall report the results of the study conducted
  under this Act to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
  of representatives, and the standing committees in the senate and
  the house of representatives that have jurisdiction over natural
  resources.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.