| 4 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 9 | | relating to withdrawals of water from the Edwards Aquifer to supply |
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| 6 | 10 | | a military installation. |
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| 7 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 12 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 1.33, Chapter 626, Acts of |
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| 9 | 13 | | the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as |
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| 10 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 11 | 15 | | Sec. 1.33. WELL METERING AND PERMITTING EXEMPTIONS |
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| 12 | 16 | | [EXEMPTION]. |
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| 13 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 1.33, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd |
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| 14 | 18 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by adding |
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| 15 | 19 | | Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 20 | | (e) In addition to permitted withdrawals from the aquifer, a |
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| 17 | 21 | | municipally owned utility owned by the City of San Antonio, without |
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| 18 | 22 | | a permit, may withdraw groundwater from the aquifer if: |
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| 19 | 23 | | (1) the utility uses the groundwater to supply a |
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| 20 | 24 | | military installation with water for human consumption, |
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| 21 | 25 | | irrigation, operations, mission support, or infrastructure |
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| 22 | 26 | | maintenance; |
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| 23 | 27 | | (2) the utility and the military installation enter |
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| 24 | 28 | | into a contract requiring the installation to reduce its |
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| 25 | 29 | | groundwater withdrawals from the aquifer by the same amount of |
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| 26 | 30 | | withdrawn water the installation receives from the utility; and |
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| 27 | 31 | | (3) the utility complies with rules adopted by the |
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| 28 | 32 | | authority that allow the authority to monitor groundwater |
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| 29 | 33 | | withdrawals from the aquifer by the utility and determine amounts |
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| 30 | 34 | | of groundwater exempted from permitting in accordance with this |
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| 31 | 35 | | subsection, including rules requiring the reporting of amounts |
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| 32 | 36 | | supplied by the utility to the military installation and amounts by |
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| 33 | 37 | | which the military installation reduces the installation's |
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| 34 | 38 | | groundwater withdrawals from the aquifer. |
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| 35 | 39 | | (f) Subsection (e) of this section does not alter the |
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| 36 | 40 | | obligations of a military installation under a biological opinion |
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| 37 | 41 | | issued by a federal agency. |
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| 38 | 42 | | (g) The amount of water provided by a municipally owned |
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| 39 | 43 | | utility to a military installation under Subsection (e) of this |
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| 40 | 44 | | section may not exceed the maximum amount of water that the military |
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| 41 | 45 | | installation is authorized to withdraw from the aquifer under a |
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| 42 | 46 | | biological opinion issued by a federal agency. |
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| 43 | 47 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 46 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1441 passed the Senate on |
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| 47 | | - | April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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| 48 | | - | the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2021, by the |
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| 49 | | - | following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 50 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 52 | | - | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1441 passed the House, with |
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| 53 | | - | amendment, on May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 136, |
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| 54 | | - | Nays 1, two present not voting. |
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| 55 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 57 | | - | Approved: |
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| 58 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 59 | | - | Date |
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| 60 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 61 | | - | Governor |
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