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By: Larson H.B. No. 282
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 certain river basins.
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 Brazos,
Red River, Rio Grande, and Sulphur River basins. The commission may
collect data from all jurisdictions that allocate the waters of the
rivers, including jurisdictions outside this state. This
subsection expires September 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.