| 1 | 1 | | 89R2988 JAM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1245 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a prohibition on the use of water on nonresidential |
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| 10 | 10 | | property to irrigate nonfunctional turf during a drought. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 11.1272(c), Water Code, is amended to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) A [By May 1, 2005, a] drought contingency plan required |
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| 15 | 15 | | by commission rule adopted under this section must: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) include specific, quantified targets for water use |
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| 17 | 17 | | reductions that are: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) to be achieved during periods of water |
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| 19 | 19 | | shortages and drought; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) established by the [. The] entity preparing |
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| 21 | 21 | | the plan; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) prohibit the use of water on nonresidential |
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| 23 | 23 | | property to irrigate nonfunctional turf, as defined by commission |
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| 24 | 24 | | rule, during periods of water shortages and drought; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) include methods for enforcing compliance with the |
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| 26 | 26 | | prohibition described by Subdivision (2) [shall establish the |
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| 27 | 27 | | targets]. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2026, the Texas |
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| 29 | 29 | | Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 30 | 30 | | implement Section 11.1272(c), Water Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) Not later than May 1, 2026, a wholesale or retail public |
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| 32 | 32 | | water supplier or an irrigation district required to develop a |
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| 33 | 33 | | drought contingency plan under Section 11.1272, Water Code, shall |
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| 34 | 34 | | update that plan to implement Section 11.1272(c), Water Code, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | amended by this Act. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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