Bill Text: TX HB1232 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of the hydrology and geology of the confined and unconfined aquifers in this state.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective immediately [HB1232 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1232-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1232 | ||
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| relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of the | ||
| hydrology and geology of the confined and unconfined aquifers in | ||
| this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Water Development Board shall | ||
| conduct a study of the hydrology and geology of the confined and | ||
| unconfined aquifers in this state to determine: | ||
| (1) the quality and quantity of groundwater in those | ||
| aquifers, specifically regarding the salinity of those aquifers; | ||
| (2) whether those aquifers are tributary or | ||
| non-tributary; | ||
| (3) the contribution of those aquifers to any surface | ||
| flow of any water in this state; and | ||
| (4) the contribution of those aquifers to any other | ||
| aquifer in this state. | ||
| (b) In conducting the study, the board shall produce: | ||
| (1) a map that identifies the area and water quality of | ||
| the confined and unconfined aquifers in this state; | ||
| (2) a map that identifies which aquifers are tributary | ||
| and which are non-tributary; and | ||
| (3) a report on the contribution of those aquifers to | ||
| any other aquifer in this state. | ||
| (c) Before conducting the study, the board shall determine | ||
| the minimum rate at which an aquifer must contribute to another | ||
| aquifer in this state or to the surface flow of any water in this | ||
| state in order to be included in the study. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2016, the Texas Water | ||
| Development Board shall report the results of the study conducted | ||
| under this Act to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives, and the standing committees of the senate and | ||
| the house of representatives that have jurisdiction over natural | ||
| resources. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1232 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
| 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1232 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 14, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
