83R15276 SLB-F
By: Larson H.B. No. 2133
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2133:
By: Keffer C.S.H.B. No. 2133
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the public policy for the use of innovative and
alternative water treatment technologies for water development
purposes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.003, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 1.003. PUBLIC POLICY. It is the public policy of the
state to provide for the conservation and development of the
state's natural resources, including:
(1) the control, storage, preservation, and
distribution of the state's storm and floodwaters and the waters of
its rivers and streams for irrigation, power, and other useful
purposes;
(2) the reclamation and irrigation of the state's
arid, semiarid, and other land needing irrigation;
(3) the reclamation and drainage of the state's
overflowed land and other land needing drainage;
(4) the conservation and development of its forest,
water, and hydroelectric power;
(5) the navigation of the state's inland and coastal
waters;
(6) the maintenance of a proper ecological environment
of the bays and estuaries of Texas and the health of related living
marine resources;
(7) the voluntary stewardship of public and private
lands to benefit waters of the state; [and]
(8) the promotion of rainwater harvesting for potable
and nonpotable purposes at public and private facilities in this
state, including residential, commercial, and industrial
buildings;
(9) the facilitation of the efficient and effective
use of innovative and alternative water treatment technologies
whenever possible to meet the natural resource needs of this state;
and
(10) the promotion of direct reuse of reclaimed water
for nonpotable purposes whenever possible to enhance and preserve
the state's freshwater supply.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.