87R16784 ANG-F
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3801
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to desired future conditions for groundwater that are
declared unreasonable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 36.1071, Water Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to
read as follows:
(b) The management plan, or any amendments to the plan,
shall:
(1) be developed using the district's best available
data and forwarded to the regional water planning group for use in
their planning process; and
(2) include the:
(A) most recently approved desired future
conditions adopted under Section 36.108; and
(B) amount of modeled available groundwater
corresponding to the most recently approved desired future
conditions.
(b-1) A district shall amend a management plan before the
second anniversary of the adoption of desired future conditions
included under Subsection (b).
(b-2) If a petition challenging the reasonableness of a
desired future condition is filed under Section 36.1083(b), the
executive administrator shall consider the management plan
administratively complete if the district includes:
(1) the most recently approved desired future
conditions adopted under Section 36.108;
(2) the amount of modeled available groundwater
corresponding to the desired future conditions;
(3) a statement of the status of the petition
challenging the reasonableness of a desired future condition; and
(4) the information required by Subsections (a) and
(e).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.