BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 2124 89R10532 DRS-D By: Zaffirini Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs 4/2/2025 As Filed AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT The Texas Groundwater Protection Committee (TGPC) is responsible for coordinating state agency actions to protect groundwater quality and terrestrial and aquatic life. TGPC is statutorily required to "publish, not later than April 1 of each year, a joint groundwater monitoring and contamination report covering the activities and findings of the committee made during the previous calendar year." The report requires agency programs to close out calendar year activities and gather and analyze significant volumes of data. TGPC must then combine all agency program data and conduct further analysis. Quality assurance and control are important components of the process. As proposed, S.B. 2124 amends current law relating to publication of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee's annual report. [Note: While the statutory reference in this bill is to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), the following amendments affect the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), as the successor agency to TNRCC.] RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 26.406(c), Water Code, to require the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee (TGPC), in conjunction with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, to publish not later than June 1, rather than April 1, of each year a joint groundwater monitoring and contamination report covering the activities and findings of TGPC made during the previous calendar year. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2025.
BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center S.B. 2124
89R10532 DRS-D By: Zaffirini
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
4/2/2025
As Filed
Senate Research Center
S.B. 2124
89R10532 DRS-D
By: Zaffirini
Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs
4/2/2025
As Filed
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
The Texas Groundwater Protection Committee (TGPC) is responsible for coordinating state agency actions to protect groundwater quality and terrestrial and aquatic life. TGPC is statutorily required to "publish, not later than April 1 of each year, a joint groundwater monitoring and contamination report covering the activities and findings of the committee made during the previous calendar year."
The report requires agency programs to close out calendar year activities and gather and analyze significant volumes of data. TGPC must then combine all agency program data and conduct further analysis. Quality assurance and control are important components of the process.
As proposed, S.B. 2124 amends current law relating to publication of the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee's annual report.
[Note: While the statutory reference in this bill is to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), the following amendments affect the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), as the successor agency to TNRCC.]
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 26.406(c), Water Code, to require the Texas Groundwater Protection Committee (TGPC), in conjunction with the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, to publish not later than June 1, rather than April 1, of each year a joint groundwater monitoring and contamination report covering the activities and findings of TGPC made during the previous calendar year.
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2025.