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| 1 | 1 | By: Estes S.B. No. 1409 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board regarding | |
| 7 | 7 | the mapping of groundwater in confined and unconfined aquifers. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. The Texas Water Development Board shall conduct | |
| 10 | 10 | a study to define the quality and quantity of groundwater in this | |
| 11 | 11 | state in confined and unconfined aquifers. In conducting the | |
| 12 | 12 | study, the board shall produce a map that shows the area and water | |
| 13 | 13 | quality of confined and unconfined groundwater aquifers. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2016, the Texas Water | |
| 15 | 15 | Development Board shall report the results of the study conducted | |
| 16 | 16 | under this Act to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | |
| 17 | 17 | of representatives, and the standing committees in the senate and | |
| 18 | 18 | the house of representatives that have jurisdiction over natural | |
| 19 | 19 | resources. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |