Bill Text: TX HB1806 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by certain entities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1806 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1806-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1806 |
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relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by | ||
certain entities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1.34, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending | ||
Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Chapter 13, Water Code. | ||
(a-1) Except as provided by this section, water [ |
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withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within the boundaries of the | ||
authority. | ||
(a-2) A retail public utility that is an initial regular | ||
permit holder and the service area of which is contained wholly or | ||
partly inside the boundaries of the authority may use water | ||
withdrawn from the aquifer to provide retail water service in a | ||
county adjacent to the boundaries of the authority within the | ||
utility's certificated service area. | ||
(a-3) A municipally owned utility owned by the City of San | ||
Antonio may sell not more than 6,000 acre feet of water withdrawn | ||
from the aquifer per year at wholesale to a retail public utility or | ||
river authority for use in any county adjacent to Bexar County. The | ||
municipally owned utility owned by the City of San Antonio must | ||
obtain the consent of the Kendall County Commissioners Court for a | ||
sale of water under this subsection if: | ||
(1) the water is sold for use in Kendall County; and | ||
(2) the sale would cause the total sales of water under | ||
this subsection for use in Kendall County to exceed 1,500 acre feet | ||
of water per year. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1806 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1806 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |