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| 1 | 1 | By: Gutierrez S.B. No. 1687 | |
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| 4 | 4 | AN ACT | |
| 5 | 5 | relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by | |
| 6 | 6 | certain entities. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 1.34, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd | |
| 9 | 9 | Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending | |
| 10 | 10 | Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as | |
| 11 | 11 | follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) In this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning | |
| 13 | 13 | assigned by Chapter 13, Water Code. | |
| 14 | 14 | (a-1) Except as provided by this section, water [Water] | |
| 15 | 15 | withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within the boundaries of the | |
| 16 | 16 | authority. | |
| 17 | 17 | (a-2) A retail public utility that is an initial regular | |
| 18 | 18 | permit holder and the service area of which is contained wholly or | |
| 19 | 19 | partly inside the boundaries of the authority may use water | |
| 20 | 20 | withdrawn from the aquifer to provide water service to customers in | |
| 21 | 21 | Atascosa County within the retail public utility's certificated | |
| 22 | 22 | service area. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |