Bill Text: TX HB1594 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of groundwater availability in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB1594 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1594-Introduced.html
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| By: Shine | H.B. No. 1594 | |
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| relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of | ||
| groundwater availability in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. In order to engage in a scientific inquiry and | ||
| analysis regarding current and projected groundwater production in | ||
| Williamson and northern Travis Counties, and to fully assess the | ||
| effects on groundwater resources associated with that production, | ||
| the executive administrator of the Texas Water Development Board | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) update the findings made in Texas Water | ||
| Development Board Report 350, issued in 1999 - "Changes in | ||
| Groundwater Conditions in the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers, | ||
| 1987-1997, for Portions of Bastrop, Bell, Burnet, Lee, Milam, | ||
| Travis, and Williamson Counties, Texas"; and | ||
| (2) update all portions of the Edwards Aquifer and | ||
| Trinity Aquifer groundwater availability models in order to better | ||
| address the interaction between the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers | ||
| and to reflect current and projected groundwater production in | ||
| light of the increased development and population growth in the | ||
| areas overlying those aquifers. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the executive | ||
| administrator of the Texas Water Development Board shall: | ||
| (1) complete the updates to the report and models | ||
| described by Section 1 of this Act; and | ||
| (2) make copies of the updated report and models | ||
| available to the public. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act expires September 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2019. | ||
