86R20775 SLB-D
By: Nevárez H.B. No. 3099
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to standards for water management in certain areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 2, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subtitle G to read as follows:
SUBTITLE G. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 39. STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT
IN CERTAIN AREAS
Sec. 39.0101. STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER
MANAGEMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS. (a) This section applies to a county:
(1) bordering the Rio Grande;
(2) overlying the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer; and
(3) with a population greater than 40,000.
(b) The Texas Water Development Board in coordination with
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Parks and
Wildlife Department shall adopt standards for water management by a
conservation and reclamation district in a county to which this
section applies.
(c) Standards adopted under this section must address:
(1) groundwater management; and
(2) river and spring flow, including flow requirements
for:
(A) the Devils River;
(B) the Pecos River; and
(C) San Felipe Springs.
SECTION 2. The Texas Water Development Board, Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality, and Parks and Wildlife
Department shall use existing funds to adopt standards as required
by Section 39.0101, Water Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.