Bill Text: TX HB2264 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2264 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the priority applicable to certain interbasin transfers of water.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-22 - Left pending in committee [HB2264 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2264-Introduced.html

	85R636 SLB-F

	By: Frank	H.B. No. 2264



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the priority applicable to certain interbasin transfers
	of water.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 11.085(s), Water Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(s) Any proposed transfer of all or a portion of a water
	right under this section is junior in priority to water rights
	granted before the time application for transfer is accepted for
	filing. This subsection does not apply to a transfer of water
	between the following entities:
	(1) a water control and improvement district that:
	(A) has boundaries that are coextensive with the
	boundaries of a municipality with a population of more than
	700,000; and
	(B) is located in a river basin with a population
	of more than six million; and
	(2) a municipality that:
	(A) has a population of more than 100,000; and
	(B) is located in the basin of a river that:
	(i) forms a boundary between this state and
	another state; and
	(ii) does not flow into the Gulf of Mexico
	at a point located in this state.
	SECTION 2. (a) This Act applies only to an application for
	a water right or an amendment to a permit, certified filing, or
	certificate of adjudication authorizing an interbasin transfer of
	water that is accepted for filing on or after the effective date of
	this Act.
	(b) An application for a water right or an amendment to a
	permit, certified filing, or certificate of adjudication
	authorizing an interbasin transfer of water that is accepted for
	filing before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
	in effect at the time the application is accepted for filing, and
	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. 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, 2017.