By: Hegar S.B. No. 2329
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to abolition of the Edwards Aquifer Legislative Oversight
Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 1.25, Chapter 626, Acts
of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) The authority, in conjunction with the South Central
Texas Water Advisory Committee, the Texas Water Development Board,
and underground water conservation districts within the
authority's boundaries, shall develop a 20-year plan for providing
alternative supplies of water to the region, with five-year goals
and objectives, to be implemented by the authority and reviewed
annually by the appropriate state agencies and the standing
committees of the senate and house of representatives with primary
jurisdiction over natural resources [Edwards Aquifer Legislative
Oversight Committee]. The authority, advisory committee, Texas
Water Development Board, and districts, in developing the plan,
shall:
(1) thoroughly investigate all alternative
technologies;
(2) investigate mechanisms for providing financial
assistance for alternative supplies through the Texas Water
Development Board; and
(3) perform a cost-benefit analysis and an
environmental analysis.
SECTION 2. Section 3.01, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is repealed.
SECTION 3. 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.