By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 2460
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2023;
April 27, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 4, 2023, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 4, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability
models for certain river basins.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.012, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (h-2) to read as follows:
(h-2) Not later than December 1, 2026, the commission shall
obtain or develop updated water availability models for the
Guadalupe, Lavaca, Nueces, San Antonio, San Jacinto, and Trinity
River basins. The commission may collect data from all
jurisdictions that allocate the waters of the rivers, including
jurisdictions outside this state. This subsection expires
September 1, 2027.
SECTION 2. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is
required to implement a provision of this Act only if the
legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If
the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
purpose, the commission may, but is not required to, implement a
provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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