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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on the authorization by the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V |
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injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 27.1535 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 27.1535. CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS PROHIBITED. (a) This |
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section applies only to a Class V injection well located in any |
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portion of the territory of a groundwater conservation district |
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that is located wholly or partly in a county that: |
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(1) has a population of more than 70,000 and less than |
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100,000 and contains a portion of the Colorado River; and |
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(2) is adjacent to a county that has a population of |
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one million or more. |
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(b) The commission may not authorize the use of a Class V |
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injection well for an aquifer storage and recovery project operated |
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by: |
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(1) a municipally owned utility that primarily |
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provides water to a municipality that: |
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(A) has a population of 750,000 or more; and |
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(B) is located in a county adjacent to a county |
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described by Subsection (a); or |
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(2) a nonprofit entity that has partnered with a |
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municipally owned utility to provide water to a municipality |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |