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