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11 86R7037 BRG-F
22 By: Campbell S.B. No. 1170
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55 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
66 AN ACT
77 relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by
88 certain entities.
99 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1010 SECTION 1. Section 1.34, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
1111 Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending
1212 Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) to
1313 read as follows:
1414 (a) In this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning
1515 assigned by Chapter 13, Water Code.
1616 (a-1) Except as provided by this section, water [Water]
1717 withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within the boundaries of the
1818 authority.
1919 (a-2) A retail public utility that is an initial regular
2020 permit holder and the service area of which is contained wholly or
2121 partly inside the boundaries of the authority may use water
2222 withdrawn from the aquifer to provide retail water service in an
2323 area where the utility may provide retail water service.
2424 (a-3) A municipally owned utility owned by the City of San
2525 Antonio may sell water withdrawn from the aquifer at wholesale to a
2626 retail public utility or river authority for use in a county
2727 adjacent to the boundaries of the authority.
2828 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.