89R5612 KRM-F
By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3106
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of certain regional water plans using
safe yield water availability analyses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.053, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e-3) to read as follows:
(e-3) When developing a regional water plan under
Subsection (e), a regional water planning group for an area that is
largely dependent on surface water from one or more reservoirs may
evaluate the availability of water from a reservoir based on an
analysis of the reservoir's safe yield, expressed in terms of a
reduced annual water volume that would continue to be available
from the reservoir for a period longer than that of a drought of
record. A planning group described by this subsection that decides
not to use a safe yield analysis in developing its regional water
plan shall provide in its plan an explanation of the reason for that
decision.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.