Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3801 Compare Versions

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1	1		87R16784 ANG-F
2	2		By: Metcalf H.B. No. 3801
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3801:
	4	+	By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 3801
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to desired future conditions for groundwater that are
8	10		declared unreasonable.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 36.1071, Water Code, is amended by
11	13		amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to
12	14		read as follows:
13	15		(b) The management plan, or any amendments to the plan,
14	16		shall:
15	17		(1) be developed using the district's best available
16	18		data and forwarded to the regional water planning group for use in
17	19		their planning process; and
18	20		(2) include the:
19	21		(A) most recently approved desired future
20	22		conditions adopted under Section 36.108; and
21	23		(B) amount of modeled available groundwater
22	24		corresponding to the most recently approved desired future
23	25		conditions.
24	26		(b-1) A district shall amend a management plan before the
25	27		second anniversary of the adoption of desired future conditions
26	28		included under Subsection (b).
27	29		(b-2) If a petition challenging the reasonableness of a
28	30		desired future condition is filed under Section 36.1083(b), the
29	31		executive administrator shall consider the management plan
30	32		administratively complete if the district includes:
31	33		(1) the most recently approved desired future
32	34		conditions adopted under Section 36.108;
33	35		(2) the amount of modeled available groundwater
34	36		corresponding to the desired future conditions;
35	37		(3) a statement of the status of the petition
36	38		challenging the reasonableness of a desired future condition; and
37	39		(4) the information required by Subsections (a) and
38	40		(e).
39	41		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.