By: Carona S.B. No. 662
(Villalba)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the drought preparedness council.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 16.055, Water Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The drought preparedness council is created and shall
meet as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The
council is composed of one representative from each of the
following entities, appointed by the administrative head of that
entity:
(1) the Texas Division of Emergency Management;
(2) the board;
(3) the commission;
(4) the Parks and Wildlife Department;
(5) the Department of Agriculture;
(6) the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service;
(7) the State Soil and Water Conservation Board;
(8) the Texas Department of Housing and Community
Affairs;
(9) the Texas A&M Forest Service;
(10) the Texas Department of Transportation;
(11) the Texas Department of Economic Development;
[and]
(12) the Public Utility Commission of Texas;
(13) the independent organization certified under
Section 39.151, Utilities Code, for the ERCOT power region; and
(14) a representative of groundwater management
interests who is appointed by the governor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.