| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 1806 |
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| 1 | + | By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 1806 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water & |
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| 4 | + | Rural Affairs; May 20, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | + | vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by |
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| 6 | 12 | | certain entities. |
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| 7 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 1.34, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd |
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| 9 | 15 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending |
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| 10 | 16 | | Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) to |
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| 11 | 17 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 18 | | (a) In this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning |
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| 13 | 19 | | assigned by Chapter 13, Water Code. |
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| 14 | 20 | | (a-1) Except as provided by this section, water [Water] |
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| 15 | 21 | | withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within the boundaries of the |
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| 16 | 22 | | authority. |
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| 17 | 23 | | (a-2) A retail public utility that is an initial regular |
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| 18 | 24 | | permit holder and the service area of which is contained wholly or |
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| 19 | 25 | | partly inside the boundaries of the authority may use water |
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| 20 | 26 | | withdrawn from the aquifer to provide retail water service in a |
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| 21 | 27 | | county adjacent to the boundaries of the authority within the |
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| 22 | 28 | | utility's certificated service area. |
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| 23 | 29 | | (a-3) A municipally owned utility owned by the City of San |
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| 24 | 30 | | Antonio may sell not more than 6,000 acre feet of water withdrawn |
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| 25 | 31 | | from the aquifer per year at wholesale to a retail public utility or |
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| 26 | 32 | | river authority for use in any county adjacent to Bexar County. The |
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| 27 | 33 | | municipally owned utility owned by the City of San Antonio must |
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| 28 | 34 | | obtain the consent of the Kendall County Commissioners Court for a |
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| 29 | 35 | | sale of water under this subsection if: |
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| 30 | 36 | | (1) the water is sold for use in Kendall County; and |
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| 31 | 37 | | (2) the sale would cause the total sales of water under |
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| 32 | 38 | | this subsection for use in Kendall County to exceed 1,500 acre feet |
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| 33 | 39 | | of water per year. |
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| 34 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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| 35 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1806 was passed by the House on April |
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| 38 | | - | 30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, 1 present, not |
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| 39 | | - | voting. |
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| 40 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 1806 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 43 | | - | 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 47 | | - | Date |
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| 48 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Governor |
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| 41 | + | * * * * * |
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