Bill Text: TX HB2121 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to interbasin transfers of state water.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-07 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB2121 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2121-Introduced.html

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83R2584 SLB-D
By: Taylor H.B. No. 2121

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to interbasin transfers of state water.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.085, Water Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (w) to read as
follows:
(b) The application must include:
(1) the contract price of the water to be transferred;
(2) a statement of each general category of proposed
use of the water to be transferred and a detailed description of the
proposed uses and users under each category;
(3) the cost of diverting, conveying, distributing,
and supplying the water to, and treating the water for, the proposed
users; [and]
(4) the projected effect on user rates and fees for
each class of ratepayers; and
(5) a draft water right or amendment to a permit,
certified filing, or certificate of adjudication authorizing the
transfer.
(w) The commission shall grant or deny an application for an
interbasin transfer not later than the 180th day after the date on
which the commission receives the application. If the commission
does not grant or deny the application on or before that date, the
commission is considered to have granted the application and issued
the draft water right or amendment included in the application.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an application for an interbasin transfer filed with the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
of this Act. An application filed before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.