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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of a priority groundwater management area study |
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in certain areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 35, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 35.0075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 35.0075. PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA STUDY IN |
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CERTAIN AREAS. (a) This section applies to a county: |
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(1) bordering the Rio Grande; |
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(2) overlying the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer; and |
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(3) with a population greater than 40,000. |
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(b) For a groundwater conservation district created in a |
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county to which this section applies, the board shall use the |
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priority groundwater management area study to set the modeled |
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available groundwater and the district shall use the priority |
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groundwater management area study to set the desired future |
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condition according to the provisions of Chapter 36. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |