88R21175 MP-F By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 1646 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1.34(b), Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows: (b) Water withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within: (1) the boundaries of the authority; or (2) the geographic area of a certificate of convenience and necessity any part of which was located within the boundaries of the authority on June 28, 1996. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.