Bill Text: TX HB3193 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the information relied on by certain agencies for purposes of rules involving estimates of the intensity, duration, and frequency of rainfall in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3193 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3193-Introduced.html
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By: Zwiener | H.B. No. 3193 |
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relating to the information relied on by certain agencies for | ||
purposes of rules involving estimates of the intensity, duration, | ||
and frequency of rainfall in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 81, Natural Resources | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 81.0524 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 81.0524. RULES REFERENCING RAINFALL INTENSITY, | ||
DURATION, AND FREQUENCY. The commission shall periodically update | ||
rules as necessary to incorporate the latest rainfall intensity, | ||
duration, and frequency data issued by the National Oceanic and | ||
Atmospheric Administration. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 5.1036 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 5.1036. RULES REFERENCING RAINFALL INTENSITY, | ||
DURATION, AND FREQUENCY. The commission shall periodically update | ||
rules as necessary to incorporate the latest rainfall intensity, | ||
duration, and frequency data issued by the National Oceanic and | ||
Atmospheric Administration. | ||
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Railroad | ||
Commission of Texas and the Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
Quality, as applicable, shall update rules as necessary to comply | ||
with Section 81.0524, Natural Resources Code, and Section 5.1036, | ||
Water Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |