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By: Larson (Senate Sponsor - Perry) |
H.B. No. 723 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019; |
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April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water & |
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Rural Affairs; April 26, 2019, reported adversely, with |
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favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, |
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Nays 0; April 26, 2019, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 723 |
By: Perry |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability |
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models for certain river basins. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.012, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: |
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(h-1) Not later than December 1, 2022, the commission shall |
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obtain or develop updated water availability models for the Brazos |
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River, Neches River, Red River, and Rio Grande river basins. The |
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commission may collect data from all jurisdictions that allocate |
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the waters of the rivers, including jurisdictions outside this |
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state. This subsection expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is |
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required to implement a provision of this Act only if the |
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legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If |
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the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a |
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provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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