Bill Text: TX SB1234 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the matters to be considered in developing the state water plan.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB1234 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1234-Introduced.html

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By: Ellis S.B. No. 1234

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the matters to be considered in developing the state
water plan.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.051(a-1), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a-1) The state water plan must include:
(1) an evaluation of the state's progress in meeting
future water needs, including an evaluation of the extent to which
water management strategies and projects implemented after the
adoption of the preceding state water plan have affected that
progress; [and]
(2) an analysis of the number of projects included in
the preceding state water plan that received financial assistance
from the board; and
(3) an assessment of the sustainability of groundwater
production from the state's major and minor aquifers.
SECTION 2. This Act applies to the state water plan required
to be adopted by the Texas Water Development Board beginning with
the 2017 state water plan.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.