By: Perry S.B. No. 863
(In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2025; February 13, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and
Rural Affairs; April 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0;
April 7, 2025, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 863 By: Perry
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.34(b), Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended to read as follows:
(b) Water withdrawn from the aquifer may not be transported
outside the boundaries of the authority via pipeline or other means
for any purpose. Water withdrawn from the aquifer must be used
within:
(1) the boundaries of the authority; or
(2) the certificated area of a retail public utility
according to a certificate of convenience and necessity, as the
certificate existed on September 1, 2025, any part of which was
located within the boundaries of the authority on June 28, 1996.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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