Bill Text: TX HB3324 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for obtaining an interbasin water transfer permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB3324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3324-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Larson | H.B. No. 3324 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3324: | |||
By: Kacal | C.S.H.B. No. 3324 |
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relating to the requirements for obtaining an interbasin water | ||
transfer permit. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.085(v), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(v) The provisions of this section, except Subsection (a), | ||
do not apply to: | ||
(1) a proposed transfer which in combination with any | ||
existing transfers totals less than 3,000 acre-feet of water per | ||
annum from the same permit, certified filing, or certificate of | ||
adjudication; | ||
(2) a request for an emergency transfer of water; | ||
(3) a proposed transfer from a basin to its adjoining | ||
coastal basin; | ||
(4) a proposed transfer from the part of the | ||
geographic area of a county or municipality, or the part of the | ||
retail service area of a retail public utility as defined by Section | ||
13.002, that is within the basin of origin for use in that part of | ||
the geographic area of the county or municipality, or that | ||
contiguous part of the retail service area of the utility, not | ||
within the basin of origin; [ |
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(5) a proposed transfer of water that is: | ||
(A) imported from a source located wholly outside | ||
the boundaries of this state, except water that is imported from a | ||
source located in the United Mexican States; | ||
(B) for use in this state; and | ||
(C) transported by using the bed and banks of any | ||
flowing natural stream located in this state; | ||
(6) a proposed transfer of water based on a | ||
substitution or exchange of an equal or greater quantity of | ||
reclaimed or desalinated water that is first made available in the | ||
basin of origin on or after September 1, 2015, provided that the | ||
proposed transfer would not result in a net loss of water supply | ||
available for use in the basin of origin; or | ||
(7) a proposed return of reclaimed water or return | ||
flow from the basin of discharge to the basin of origin. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) This Act applies only to an application for | ||
a water right or an amendment to a permit, certified filing, or | ||
certificate of adjudication authorizing an interbasin transfer of | ||
water that is accepted for filing on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
(b) An application for a water right or an amendment to a | ||
permit, certified filing, or certificate of adjudication | ||
authorizing an interbasin transfer of water that is accepted for | ||
filing before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
in effect at the time the application is accepted for filing, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect 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, 2015. |