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

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by certain entities.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

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86R7037 BRG-F
By: King of Uvalde H.B. No. 1806

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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relating to the use of water withdrawn from the Edwards Aquifer by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withdrawn from the aquifer must be used within the boundaries of the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withdrawn from the aquifer to provide retail water service in an
area where the utility may provide retail water service.
(a-3) A municipally owned utility owned by the City of San
Antonio may sell water withdrawn from the aquifer at wholesale to a
retail public utility or river authority for use in a county
adjacent to the boundaries of the authority.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.