Bill Text: TX HB2515 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of the junior priority of a water right authorizing a transfer of water from one river basin in this state to another river basin in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB2515 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2515-Introduced.html
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By: Rogers | H.B. No. 2515 |
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relating to the repeal of the junior priority of a water right | ||
authorizing a transfer of water from one river basin in this state | ||
to another river basin in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 11.085(s) and (t), Water Code, are | ||
repealed. | ||
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 September 1, 2023. |