Bill Text: TX HB1806 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by certain entities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2019-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB1806 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1806-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 1806
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by
  certain entities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.34, Chapter 626, Acts of the 73rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending
  Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) to
  read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "retail public utility" has the meaning
  assigned by Chapter 13, Water Code.
         (a-1)  Except as provided by this section, water [Water]
  withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within the boundaries of the
  authority.
         (a-2)  A retail public utility that is an initial regular
  permit holder and the service area of which is contained wholly or
  partly inside the boundaries of the authority may use water
  withdrawn from the aquifer to provide retail water service in a
  county adjacent to the boundaries of the authority within the
  utility's certificated service area.
         (a-3)  A municipally owned utility owned by the City of San
  Antonio may sell not more than 6,000 acre feet of water withdrawn
  from the aquifer per year at wholesale to a retail public utility or
  river authority for use in any county adjacent to Bexar County. The
  municipally owned utility owned by the City of San Antonio must
  obtain the consent of the Kendall County Commissioners Court for a
  sale of water under this subsection if:
               (1)  the water is sold for use in Kendall County; and
               (2)  the sale would cause the total sales of water under
  this subsection for use in Kendall County to exceed 1,500 acre feet
  of water per year.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1806 was passed by the House on April
  30, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 2, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1806 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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