Bill Text: TX HB1594 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of groundwater availability in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB1594 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1594-Introduced.html
  86R8485 JAM-F
 
  By: Shine H.B. No. 1594
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of
  groundwater availability in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  In order to engage in a scientific inquiry and
  analysis regarding current and projected groundwater production in
  Williamson and northern Travis Counties, and to fully assess the
  effects on groundwater resources associated with that production,
  the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board
  shall:
               (1)  update the findings made in Texas Water
  Development Board Report 350, issued in 1999 - "Changes in
  Groundwater Conditions in the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers,
  1987-1997, for Portions of Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Lee, Milam,
  Travis, and Williamson Counties, Texas"; and
               (2)  update all portions of the Edwards Aquifer and
  Trinity Aquifer groundwater availability models in order to better
  address the interaction between the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers
  and to reflect current and projected groundwater production in
  light of the increased development and population growth in the
  areas overlying those aquifers.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than September 1, 2020, the executive
  administrator of the Texas Water Development Board shall:
               (1)  complete the updates to the report and models
  described by Section 1 of this Act; and
               (2)  make copies of the updated report and models
  available to the public.
         SECTION 3.  This Act expires September 1, 2021.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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