| 12 | | - | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 1.33, Chapter 626, Acts of |
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| 13 | | - | the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as |
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| 10 | + | SECTION 1. Section 1.15(b), Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd |
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| 11 | + | Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | + | (b) Except as provided by Sections 1.17, 1.21, and 1.33 of |
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| 13 | + | this article, a person may not withdraw water from the aquifer or |
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| 14 | + | begin construction of a well or other works designed for the |
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| 15 | + | withdrawal of water from the aquifer without obtaining a permit |
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| 16 | + | from the authority. |
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| 17 | + | SECTION 2. Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, |
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| 18 | + | Regular Session, 1993, is amended by adding Section 1.21 to read as |
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| 15 | | - | Sec. 1.33. WELL METERING AND PERMITTING EXEMPTIONS |
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| 16 | | - | [EXEMPTION]. |
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| 17 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 1.33, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd |
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| 18 | | - | Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by adding |
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| 19 | | - | Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows: |
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| 20 | | - | (e) In addition to permitted withdrawals from the aquifer, a |
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| 21 | | - | municipally owned utility owned by the City of San Antonio, without |
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| 22 | | - | a permit, may withdraw groundwater from the aquifer if: |
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| 20 | + | Sec. 1.21. SUBSTITUTE WITHDRAWALS. In addition to |
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| 21 | + | permitted withdrawals from the aquifer, a municipally owned utility |
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| 22 | + | owned by the City of San Antonio, without a permit, may withdraw |
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| 23 | + | groundwater from the aquifer if: |
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| 23 | 24 | | (1) the utility uses the groundwater to supply a |
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| 24 | 25 | | military installation with water for human consumption, |
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| 25 | 26 | | irrigation, operations, mission support, or infrastructure |
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| 26 | 27 | | maintenance; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | (2) the utility and the military installation enter |
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| 28 | 29 | | into a contract requiring the installation to reduce its |
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| 29 | 30 | | groundwater withdrawals from the aquifer by the same amount of |
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| 30 | 31 | | withdrawn water the installation receives from the utility. |
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| 31 | | - | (f) Subsection (e) of this section does not alter the |
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| 32 | | - | obligations of a military installation under a biological opinion |
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| 33 | | - | issued by a federal agency. |
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| 34 | | - | (g) The amount of water provided by a municipally owned |
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| 35 | | - | utility to a military installation under Subsection (e) of this |
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| 36 | | - | section may not exceed the maximum amount of water that the military |
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| 37 | | - | installation is authorized to withdraw from the aquifer under a |
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| 38 | | - | biological opinion issued by a federal agency. |
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