89R10074 DRS-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1387
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the membership of the Texas Groundwater Protection
Committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.403(c), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The committee is composed of:
(1) the executive director of the commission;
(2) the executive administrator of the Texas Water
Development Board;
(3) the executive director of the Railroad Commission
of Texas;
(4) the commissioner of state health services [of the
Texas Department of Health];
(5) the deputy commissioner of the Department of
Agriculture;
(5-a) the executive director of the Parks and Wildlife
Department;
(6) the executive director of the State Soil and Water
Conservation Board;
(7) the executive director [Director] of [the] Texas
A&M AgriLife Research [Agricultural Experiment Station];
(8) the director of the Bureau of Economic Geology of
The University of Texas at Austin;
(9) a representative selected by the Texas Alliance of
Groundwater Districts; and
(10) a representative of the Water Well Drillers and
Water Well Pump Installers Program of the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation selected by the executive director of the
department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.