85R3488 JAM-D
 
  By: Perry S.B. No. 696
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability
  models for certain river basins.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 16.012, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
         (h-1)  Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall
  obtain or develop updated water availability models for the Brazos,
  Guadalupe, San Antonio, and Trinity River basins. The commission
  may collect data from all jurisdictions that allocate the waters of
  the rivers, including jurisdictions outside this state.  This
  subsection expires September 1, 2021.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.