88R10537 KBB-D
 
  By: Rogers H.B. No. 2515
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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  repealed.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.