88R21175 MP-F
 
  By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 1646
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1646:
 
  By:  Thompson of Brazoria C.S.H.B. No. 1646
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.34(b), Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Water withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within:
               (1)  the boundaries of the authority; or
               (2)  the geographic area of a certificate of
  convenience and necessity any part of which was located within the
  boundaries of the authority on June 28, 1996.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.