84R1095 JAM-D
By: Turner of Collin H.B. No. 1153
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the repeal of the junior priority of a water right
authorizing a transfer of water from one river basin in this state
to another river basin in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 11.085(s) and (t), Water Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 2. (a) This Act applies only to an application for
a water right or an amendment to a permit, certified filing, or
certificate of adjudication authorizing an interbasin transfer of
water that is accepted for filing on or after the effective date of
this Act.
(b) An application for a water right or an amendment to a
permit, certified filing, or certificate of adjudication
authorizing an interbasin transfer of water that is accepted for
filing before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect at the time the application is accepted for filing, and
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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, 2015.