86R5457 JAM-D
By: Larson H.B. No. 723
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, 2022, the commission shall
obtain or develop updated water availability models for the Brazos,
Guadalupe, Nueces, Red, Rio Grande, San Antonio, and San Jacinto
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, 2023.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.