Bill Text: TX HB3084 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the proposal by the Texas Water Development Board of a process to identify and evaluate multiregional water supply projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Received from the House [HB3084 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3084-Engrossed.html
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By: Larson | H.B. No. 3084 |
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relating to the proposal by the Texas Water Development Board of a | ||
process to identify and evaluate multiregional water supply | ||
projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. REPORT. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Board" means the Texas Water Development Board. | ||
(2) "Multiregional water supply project" means a water | ||
supply project that has the potential to serve more than one | ||
regional water planning area and: | ||
(A) create greater yields of water at a lower | ||
unit cost due to economies of scale; or | ||
(B) provide strategic water reserves for the | ||
state's long-term water needs. | ||
(b) Not later than December 1, 2024, the board shall submit | ||
to the legislature a report that: | ||
(1) proposes the framework for the addition of a new | ||
state-level planning component to the existing regional water | ||
planning process that would identify and evaluate multiregional | ||
water supply projects; and | ||
(2) contains a general outline for a potential work | ||
plan, timeline, and estimated cost for the implementation of the | ||
planning component proposed by Subdivision (1) of this subsection. | ||
(c) In developing the multiregional planning component | ||
framework described by Subsection (b)(1) of this section, the board | ||
shall consider: | ||
(1) the currently adopted regional and state water | ||
plans; | ||
(2) potentially available unused or new water sources, | ||
including sources related to flooding and seawater; | ||
(3) information that is readily available regarding | ||
potential multiregional water supply projects; | ||
(4) the potential of multiregional water supply | ||
projects to: | ||
(A) provide water supplies beyond the 50-year | ||
state water planning horizon; and | ||
(B) address droughts worse than the drought of | ||
record; and | ||
(5) other relevant factors as determined by the board. | ||
(d) In developing the report required by Subsection (b) of | ||
this section, the board may: | ||
(1) consult with the interregional planning council | ||
established by Section 16.052, Water Code; and | ||
(2) contract for research and technical services as | ||
needed in developing the proposed framework for the multiregional | ||
planning component of the state water plan. | ||
SECTION 2. EXPIRATION. This Act expires January 1, 2025. | ||
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
1, 2021. |