81R6088 PMO-F By: Hilderbran H.B. No. 2053 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a water rights permit issued to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 642, Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended by adding Section 1A to read as follows: Sec. 1A. To help facilitate the statewide and regional goals of making efficient and responsible use of the state's water resources, the Upper Guadalupe River Authority may contract to provide any Kerr County entity, and may otherwise use in Kerr County, water for municipal use under Permit No. 5394A, which was issued to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, the predecessor agency to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. This section supersedes Permit No. 5394A, and specifically Special Condition No. 5D.i of the permit, to the extent of any conflict. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.