Bill Text: TX HB3099 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to standards for water management in certain areas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Referred to Water & Rural Affairs [HB3099 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3099-Engrossed.html
| 86R20775 SLB-D | ||
| By: Nevárez | H.B. No. 3099 | |
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| relating to standards for water management in certain areas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 2, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subtitle G to read as follows: | ||
| SUBTITLE G. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | ||
| CHAPTER 39. STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT | ||
| IN CERTAIN AREAS | ||
| Sec. 39.0101. STANDARDS FOR SURFACE WATER AND GROUNDWATER | ||
| MANAGEMENT IN CERTAIN AREAS. (a) This section applies to a county: | ||
| (1) bordering the Rio Grande; | ||
| (2) overlying the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer; and | ||
| (3) with a population greater than 40,000. | ||
| (b) The Texas Water Development Board in coordination with | ||
| the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the Parks and | ||
| Wildlife Department shall adopt standards for water management by a | ||
| conservation and reclamation district in a county to which this | ||
| section applies. | ||
| (c) Standards adopted under this section must address: | ||
| (1) groundwater management; and | ||
| (2) river and spring flow, including flow requirements | ||
| for: | ||
| (A) the Devils River; | ||
| (B) the Pecos River; and | ||
| (C) San Felipe Springs. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Water Development Board, Texas | ||
| Commission on Environmental Quality, and Parks and Wildlife | ||
| Department shall use existing funds to adopt standards as required | ||
| by Section 39.0101, Water Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
