89R5657 JAM-D
By: Gerdes H.B. No. 1523
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the authorization by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V
injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 27.1535 to read as follows:
Sec. 27.1535. CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS PROHIBITED. (a) This
section applies only to a Class V injection well located in any
portion of the territory of a groundwater conservation district
that is located wholly or partly in a county that:
(1) has a population of more than 70,000 and less than
100,000 and contains a portion of the Colorado River; and
(2) is adjacent to a county that has a population of
one million or more.
(b) The commission may not authorize the use of a Class V
injection well for an aquifer storage and recovery project operated
by a municipally owned utility that primarily provides water to a
municipality that:
(1) has a population of 750,000 or more; and
(2) is located in a county adjacent to a county
described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. 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, 2025.