By: Perry S.B. No. 1047
(In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2023; March 3, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture &
Rural Affairs; April 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding and activities of the Texas Produced Water
Consortium.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 109.205(c), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "consortium" means the
Texas Produced Water Consortium established by Subchapter E,
Chapter 109, Education Code.
(b) Not later than October 1, 2023, the consortium shall
select a pilot project or program for consideration and
implementation.
(c) Not later than October 1, 2024, the consortium shall
submit to the legislature a report regarding:
(1) the status of the pilot project or program
selected under Subsection (b) of this section; and
(2) any suggested policy, regulatory, or legislative
changes resulting from an analysis of the implementation of the
pilot project or program selected under Subsection (b) of this
section.
(d) The consortium is required to implement a provision of
this section only if the legislature appropriates money
specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not
appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the consortium
may, but is not required to, implement the provision using other
money available to the consortium for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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