By: Larson (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 723
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2019;
April 15, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
Rural Affairs; April 26, 2019, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7,
Nays 0; April 26, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 723 By: Perry
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
River, Neches River, Red River, and Rio Grande 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. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is
required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a
provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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