85R15193 JAM-D
By: Larson H.B. No. 4006
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability
models for all of the river basins in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.012, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
(h-1) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall
obtain or develop updated water availability models for the all of
the river basins in this state. The commission may collect data
from all of the jurisdictions that allocate the waters of the rivers
in this state, including jurisdictions outside this state. This
subsection expires September 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.