By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 1646
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2023;
  April 20, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Water,
  Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 21, 2023, reported adversely,
  with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1646 By:  Perry
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer.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         (b)  Water withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within:
               (1)  the boundaries of the authority; or
               (2)  the geographic area of a certificate of
  convenience and necessity:
                     (A)  as the certificate of convenience and
  necessity existed on September 1, 2023; and
                     (B)  any part of which was located within the
  boundaries of the authority on June 28, 1996.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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