| 1 | 1 | | 88R4505 JAM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Tepper H.B. No. 2757 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to funding and activities of the Texas Produced Water |
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| 8 | 8 | | Consortium. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 109.205(c), Education Code, is repealed. |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "consortium" means the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Texas Produced Water Consortium established by Subchapter E, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Chapter 109, Education Code. |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b) Not later than October 1, 2023, the consortium shall |
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| 15 | 15 | | select a pilot project or program for consideration and |
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| 16 | 16 | | implementation. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (c) Not later than October 1, 2024, the consortium shall |
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| 18 | 18 | | submit to the legislature a report regarding: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the status of the pilot project or program |
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| 20 | 20 | | selected under Subsection (b) of this section; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) any suggested policy, regulatory, or legislative |
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| 22 | 22 | | changes resulting from an analysis of the implementation of the |
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| 23 | 23 | | pilot project or program selected under Subsection (b) of this |
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| 24 | 24 | | section. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (d) The consortium is required to implement a provision of |
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| 26 | 26 | | this section only if the legislature appropriates money |
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| 27 | 27 | | specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not |
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| 28 | 28 | | appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the consortium |
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| 29 | 29 | | may, but is not required to, implement the provision using other |
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| 30 | 30 | | money available to the consortium for that purpose. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 32 | 32 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 33 | 33 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 34 | 34 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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