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| 1 | 1 | 89R5612 KRM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3106 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the development of certain regional water plans using | |
| 10 | 10 | safe yield water availability analyses. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 16.053, Water Code, is amended by adding | |
| 13 | 13 | Subsection (e-3) to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (e-3) When developing a regional water plan under | |
| 15 | 15 | Subsection (e), a regional water planning group for an area that is | |
| 16 | 16 | largely dependent on surface water from one or more reservoirs may | |
| 17 | 17 | evaluate the availability of water from a reservoir based on an | |
| 18 | 18 | analysis of the reservoir's safe yield, expressed in terms of a | |
| 19 | 19 | reduced annual water volume that would continue to be available | |
| 20 | 20 | from the reservoir for a period longer than that of a drought of | |
| 21 | 21 | record. A planning group described by this subsection that decides | |
| 22 | 22 | not to use a safe yield analysis in developing its regional water | |
| 23 | 23 | plan shall provide in its plan an explanation of the reason for that | |
| 24 | 24 | decision. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |