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| 1 | - | 89R25685 MP-F | |
| 2 | 1 | By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2347 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2347: | |
| 4 | - | By: Martinez C.S.H.B. No. 2347 | |
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| 9 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 10 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 11 | 8 | relating to the adoption of a water conservation program by certain | |
| 12 | 9 | counties. | |
| 13 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 11 | SECTION 1. Chapter 562, Local Government Code, is amended | |
| 15 | 12 | by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | |
| 16 | 13 | SUBCHAPTER C. WATER CONSERVATION | |
| 17 | 14 | Sec. 562.051. WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN | |
| 18 | - | COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county that has a | |
| 19 | - | population greater than 230,000, is wholly or partly located within | |
| 20 | - | the boundaries of the Hill Country Priority Groundwater Management | |
| 21 | - | Area, and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than one | |
| 22 | - | million. | |
| 15 | + | COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county that contains, | |
| 16 | + | wholly or partly, a priority groundwater management area as | |
| 17 | + | designated under Section 35.007, Water Code. | |
| 23 | 18 | (b) The commissioners court of a county by order may adopt a | |
| 24 | 19 | water conservation program. Except as provided by Subsection (c), | |
| 25 | 20 | a water conservation program adopted under this section may | |
| 26 | 21 | establish for the unincorporated area of the county, including the | |
| 27 | 22 | extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, water | |
| 28 | 23 | conservation standards applicable to a development, redevelopment, | |
| 29 | 24 | or subdivision of a tract of land that begins after August 31, 2025. | |
| 30 | 25 | (c) Water conservation standards established under | |
| 31 | 26 | Subsection (b) do not apply to an agricultural operation, as | |
| 32 | 27 | defined by Section 251.002, Agriculture Code. | |
| 33 | 28 | (d) To the extent of a conflict between a county order | |
| 34 | - | adopted under this section and a permit, rule, ordinance, or other | |
| 35 | - | measure issued by a governmental entity and regulating the same | |
| 36 | - | conduct: | |
| 37 | - | (1) if the governmental entity is a municipality, the | |
| 38 | - | municipal measure prevails; or | |
| 39 | - | (2) if the governmental entity is a political | |
| 40 | - | subdivision other than a municipality, the more stringent | |
| 41 | - | regulation prevails. | |
| 42 | - | Sec. 562.052. EXPIRATION. This subchapter and any water | |
| 43 | - | conservation programs adopted under Section 562.051 expire | |
| 44 | - | September 1, 2031. | |
| 29 | + | adopted under this section and a municipal ordinance regulating the | |
| 30 | + | same conduct, the ordinance prevails. | |
| 45 | 31 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |