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| 1 | 1 | 86R8984 SLB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Nevárez H.B. No. 3843 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the use of a priority groundwater management area study | |
| 8 | 8 | in certain areas. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 35, Water Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 35.0075 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 35.0075. PRIORITY GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT AREA STUDY IN | |
| 13 | 13 | CERTAIN AREAS. (a) This section applies to a county: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) bordering the Rio Grande; | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) overlying the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (3) with a population greater than 40,000. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) For a groundwater conservation district created in a | |
| 18 | 18 | county to which this section applies, the board shall use the | |
| 19 | 19 | priority groundwater management area study to set the modeled | |
| 20 | 20 | available groundwater and the district shall use the priority | |
| 21 | 21 | groundwater management area study to set the desired future | |
| 22 | 22 | condition according to the provisions of Chapter 36. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |