H.B. No. 2460
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2460 was passed by the House on April
26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2460 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor