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By: Perry |
S.B. No. 863 |
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(In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2025; February 13, 2025, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and |
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Rural Affairs; April 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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April 7, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 863 |
By: Perry |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1.34(b), Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Water withdrawn from the aquifer may not be transported |
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outside the boundaries of the authority via pipeline or other means |
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for any purpose. Water withdrawn from the aquifer must be used |
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within: |
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(1) the boundaries of the authority; or |
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(2) the certificated area of a retail public utility |
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according to a certificate of convenience and necessity, as the |
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certificate existed on September 1, 2025, any part of which was |
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located within the boundaries of the authority on June 28, 1996. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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