Bill Text: TX HB282 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-07-25 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB282 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB282-Introduced.html
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| By: Larson | H.B. No. 282 | |
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| relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability | ||
| models for certain river basins. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 16.012, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (h-1) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall | ||
| obtain or develop updated water availability models for the Brazos, | ||
| Red River, Rio Grande, and Sulphur River basins. The commission may | ||
| collect data from all jurisdictions that allocate the waters of the | ||
| rivers, including jurisdictions outside this state. This | ||
| subsection expires September 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017. | ||
