82R5088 RWG-F
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 814
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Edwards Aquifer Authority's power to regulate the
transportation of groundwater out of certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.28, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by adding Subsection
(b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (b) of this section, the
authority may allow a person to construct, acquire, or own
facilities for transporting groundwater out of Uvalde County if the
person holds a permit authorizing the person to withdraw the water
to be transported.
SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
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, 2011.