Bill Text: TX HB2652 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to establishing an advisory board to study surface water and groundwater interaction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Considered in Calendars [HB2652 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2652-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to establishing an advisory board to study surface water and groundwater interaction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Considered in Calendars [HB2652 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2652-Introduced.html
87R5577 SLB-D | ||
By: Larson | H.B. No. 2652 |
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relating to establishing an advisory board to study surface water | ||
and groundwater interaction. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
(1) "Advisory board" means the Surface Water and | ||
Groundwater Interaction Advisory Board. | ||
(2) "Development board" means the Texas Water | ||
Development Board. | ||
SECTION 2. SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER INTERACTION | ||
ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED. (a) The Surface Water and Groundwater | ||
Interaction Advisory Board is established and consists of nine | ||
persons as follows: | ||
(1) the executive administrator of the development | ||
board; | ||
(2) one person to represent the interests of the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality, recommended by the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality and appointed jointly by the | ||
chairs of the house natural resources committee and the senate | ||
water and rural affairs committee; | ||
(3) one person to represent the interests of river | ||
authorities, recommended by the Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
Quality and appointed jointly by the chairs of the house natural | ||
resources committee and the senate water and rural affairs | ||
committee; | ||
(4) one person to represent the interests of | ||
groundwater conservation districts, recommended by the Texas | ||
Commission on Environmental Quality and appointed jointly by the | ||
chairs of the house natural resources committee and the senate | ||
water and rural affairs committee; | ||
(5) two persons with academic or specialist knowledge | ||
in the area of surface water and groundwater interaction, with one | ||
appointed by the chair of the house natural resources committee and | ||
another appointed by the chair of the senate water and rural affairs | ||
committee; | ||
(6) the chair of the house natural resources | ||
committee; | ||
(7) the chair of the senate water and rural affairs | ||
committee; and | ||
(8) one person from the office of the governor, | ||
appointed by the governor. | ||
(b) The executive administrator of the development board | ||
serves as the chair of the advisory board. | ||
SECTION 3. SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER INTERACTION STUDY. | ||
(a) The advisory board shall study: | ||
(1) the extent to which surface water and groundwater | ||
interact in this state; | ||
(2) challenges arising in this state from the | ||
interaction of surface water and groundwater; and | ||
(3) approaches to mitigating challenges arising in | ||
this state from the interaction of surface water and groundwater. | ||
(b) In conducting the study under this section, the advisory | ||
board shall consult with: | ||
(1) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; | ||
(2) groundwater conservation districts; and | ||
(3) river authorities. | ||
SECTION 4. STUDY REPORT; EXPIRATION OF ACT. (a) The | ||
advisory board shall deliver to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each | ||
member of the legislature a report on the determinations of the | ||
advisory board based on the study conducted under Section 3 of this | ||
Act not later than December 1, 2022. The advisory board shall | ||
deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of | ||
the house of representatives, or a member of the legislature | ||
related information on request. | ||
(b) The advisory board is abolished and this Act expires | ||
January 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2021. |