84R10638 SLB-D
 
  By: Rodríguez S.B. No. 991
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that the General Land Office and the Texas
  Water Development Board conduct a study regarding the use of wind
  and solar power to develop and desalinate brackish groundwater.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  (a)  The General Land Office and the Texas Water
  Development Board shall jointly conduct a study regarding the use
  of wind and solar power to develop and desalinate brackish
  groundwater.
         (b)  The General Land Office and the Texas Water Development
  Board may coordinate with a research division of a university in
  conducting the study.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 31, 2016, the General
  Land Office and the Texas Water Development Board shall report the
  results of the study conducted under this Act to the governor and
  the legislature.
         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.