Bill Text: TX SB1411 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 1411 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a water right authorizing a transfer of water from one river basin in this state to another river basin in this state.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-18 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB1411 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1411-Introduced.html



	By: Estes	S.B. No. 1411


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to 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. Section 11.085(v), Water Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(v) The provisions of this section, except Subsection (a),
	do not apply to:
	(1) a proposed transfer which in combination with any
	existing transfers totals less than 3,000 acre-feet of water per
	annum from the same permit, certified filing, or certificate of
	adjudication;
	(2) a request for an emergency transfer of water;
	(3) a proposed transfer from a basin to its adjoining
	coastal basin;
	(4) a proposed transfer from a basin to an adjoining
	basin;
	[~~(4)~~] (5) a proposed transfer from the part of the
	geographic area of a county or municipality, or the part of the
	retail service area of a retail public utility as defined by Section
	13.002, that is within the basin of origin for use in that part of
	the geographic area of the county or municipality, or that
	contiguous part of the retail service area of the utility, not
	within the basin of origin; or
	[~~(5)~~] (6) a proposed transfer of water that is:
	(A) imported from a source located wholly outside
	the boundaries of this state, except water that is imported from a
	source located in the United Mexican States;
	(B) for use in this state; and
	(C) transported by using the bed and banks of any
	flowing natural stream located in this state.
	SECTION 2. 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. 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, 2015.