Bill Text: TX SB1047 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to funding and activities of the Texas Produced Water Consortium.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-13 - Effective immediately [SB1047 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1047-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1047 | ||
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| relating to funding and activities of the Texas Produced Water | ||
| Consortium. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 109.205(c), Education Code, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "consortium" means the | ||
| Texas Produced Water Consortium established by Subchapter E, | ||
| Chapter 109, Education Code. | ||
| (b) Not later than October 1, 2023, the consortium shall | ||
| select a pilot project or program for consideration and | ||
| implementation. | ||
| (c) Not later than October 1, 2024, the consortium shall | ||
| submit to the legislature a report regarding: | ||
| (1) the status of the pilot project or program | ||
| selected under Subsection (b) of this section; and | ||
| (2) any suggested policy, regulatory, or legislative | ||
| changes resulting from an analysis of the implementation of the | ||
| pilot project or program selected under Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section. | ||
| (d) The consortium is required to implement a provision of | ||
| this section only if the legislature appropriates money | ||
| specifically for that purpose. If the legislature does not | ||
| appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the consortium | ||
| may, but is not required to, implement the provision using other | ||
| money available to the consortium for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1047 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1047 passed the House on | ||
| April 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 3, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
