88R5983 KBB-F
 
  By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 2460
 
 
 
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-2) to read as follows:
         (h-2)  Not later than December 1, 2026, the commission shall
  obtain or develop updated water availability models for the
  Guadalupe, Lavaca, Nueces, San Antonio, San Jacinto, 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, 2027.
         SECTION 2.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is
  required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
  legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose.  If
  the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
  purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a
  provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.