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| 1 | 1 | By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 3683 | |
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| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to standards for water management in certain areas. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Title 2, Water Code, is amended by adding | |
| 9 | 9 | Subtitle G to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | SUBTITLE G. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | |
| 11 | 11 | CHAPTER 39. STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT | |
| 12 | 12 | IN CERTAIN AREAS | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 39.0101. STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER | |
| 14 | 14 | MANAGEMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS. (a) This section applies to a county: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) bordering the Rio Grande; | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) overlying the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (3) with a population greater than 40,000. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The Texas Water Development Board shall adopt standards | |
| 19 | 19 | for water management by a conservation and reclamation district in | |
| 20 | 20 | a county to which this section applies. | |
| 21 | 21 | (c) Standards adopted under this section must address: | |
| 22 | 22 | (1) groundwater management; and | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) river and spring flow, including flow requirements | |
| 24 | 24 | for the: | |
| 25 | 25 | (A) Devils River; | |
| 26 | 26 | (B) Pecos River; | |
| 27 | 27 | (C) San Felipe Springs; and | |
| 28 | 28 | (D) Lake Amistad. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |