Bill Text: TX HB96 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 96 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the adoption of a water conservation program by a county.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-09 - Filed [HB96 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB96-Introduced.html



	By: Zwiener	H.B. No. 96



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the adoption of a water conservation program by a
	county.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 562, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER C. WATER CONSERVATION
	Sec. 562.051. WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. (a) In this
	section, "agricultural operation" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 251.002, Agriculture Code.
	(b) The commissioners court of a county by order may adopt a
	water conservation program. A water conservation program adopted
	under this section may establish for the unincorporated area of the
	county only:
	(1) rules for residential water use restrictions
	during periods of drought; and
	(2) water conservation standards applicable to the
	residential development of a subdivision of a tract of land, the
	development of which begins after August 31, 2024.
	(c) Water use restrictions established under Subsection
	(b)(1) may not apply to an agricultural operation.
	(d) To the extent of a conflict between a county order
	adopted under this section and a municipal ordinance regulating the
	same conduct, the ordinance prevails.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.