H.B. No. 723
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 723 was passed by the House on April
10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 723 on May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 106, Nays 0, 1
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 723 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 1, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor