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