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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the matters to be considered in developing the state |
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water plan. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.051(a-1), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a-1) The state water plan must include: |
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(1) an evaluation of the state's progress in meeting |
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future water needs, including an evaluation of the extent to which |
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water management strategies and projects implemented after the |
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adoption of the preceding state water plan have affected that |
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progress; [and] |
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(2) an analysis of the number of projects included in |
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the preceding state water plan that received financial assistance |
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from the board; and |
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(3) an assessment of the sustainability of groundwater |
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production from the state's major and minor aquifers. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies to the state water plan required |
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to be adopted by the Texas Water Development Board beginning with |
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the 2017 state water plan. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |