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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation |
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district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.1132, Water Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A district may not issue a permit to an applicant for the |
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production and transfer out of the district of groundwater if the |
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issuance of the permit would authorize the applicant to produce and |
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transfer out of the district a total amount of groundwater, |
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considering all permits issued by the district to the applicant, in |
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an amount that would exceed five percent of the total modeled |
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available groundwater apportioned to the district as determined by |
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the executive administrator. |
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SECTION 2. Section 36.1132(d), Water Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only to a permit issued by a groundwater conservation |
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district on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |