Bill Text: TX SB696 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for certain river basins.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-20 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB696 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB696-Introduced.html

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85R3488 JAM-D
By: Perry S.B. No. 696

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability
models for certain river basins.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.012, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:
(h-1) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall
obtain or develop updated water availability models for the Brazos,
Guadalupe, San Antonio, and Trinity River basins. The commission
may collect data from all jurisdictions that allocate the waters of
the rivers, including jurisdictions outside this state. This
subsection expires September 1, 2021.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.