Bill Text: TX HB1066 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to extensions of an expired permit for the transfer of groundwater from a groundwater conservation district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-21 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB1066 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1066-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1066 |
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relating to extensions of an expired permit for the transfer of | ||
groundwater from a groundwater conservation district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 36.122, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subsections (j-1), (j-2), (r), and (s) and amending Subsection (k) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(j-1) A district shall extend a term under Subsection (i)(2) | ||
or (j) on or before its expiration in the manner prescribed by | ||
Section 36.1145: | ||
(1) to a term that is not shorter than the term of an | ||
operating permit for the production of water to be transferred that | ||
is in effect at the time of the extension; and | ||
(2) for each additional term for which that operating | ||
permit for production is renewed under Section 36.1145 or remains | ||
in effect under Section 36.1146. | ||
(j-2) A permit extended under Subsection (j-1) continues to | ||
be subject to conditions contained in the permit as issued before | ||
the extension. | ||
(k) Notwithstanding the period specified under Subsection | ||
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transferred under a permit, a district may periodically review the | ||
amount of water that may be transferred under the permit and may | ||
limit the amount if additional factors considered in Subsection (f) | ||
warrant the limitation, subject to Subsection (c). The review | ||
described by this subsection may take place not more frequently | ||
than the period provided for the review or renewal of regular | ||
permits issued by the district. In its determination of whether to | ||
renew a permit issued under this section, the district shall | ||
consider relevant and current data for the conservation of | ||
groundwater resources and shall consider the permit in the same | ||
manner it would consider any other permit in the district. | ||
(r) The district may grant or deny an application to extend | ||
a term under Subsection (i)(2) or (j) submitted under this section | ||
only using rules that were in effect at the time the application was | ||
submitted. | ||
(s) An application to extend a term under Subsection (i)(2) | ||
or (j) is governed solely by district rules consistent with | ||
Subsection (j-1). | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
the term of a permit issued under Sections 36.122(i) and (j), Water | ||
Code, that expires after September 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the House on April | ||
3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1066 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
8, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |