Bill Text: TX SB1525 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to studies by the Texas Water Development Board of water needs and availability in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB1525 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1525-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to studies by the Texas Water Development Board of water needs and availability in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB1525 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1525-Comm_Sub.html
By: Perry | S.B. No. 1525 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2017; March 20, 2017, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural | ||
Affairs; April 6, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 6, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of water | ||
needs and availability in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section, "board" means the Texas | ||
Water Development Board. | ||
(b) The board shall: | ||
(1) conduct a study of water needs and availability in | ||
this state; and | ||
(2) use the results of the study to produce a | ||
comprehensive water resources map. | ||
(c) The study must consider: | ||
(1) opportunities for, obstacles to, and costs | ||
associated with the development of new sources of water, including | ||
but not limited to the diversion of water from contiguous states, | ||
the use of flood control diversion channels, and the reuse of water | ||
associated with oil and gas operations; | ||
(2) potential locations of facilities for the | ||
desalination of marine seawater and brackish groundwater; | ||
(3) the allocation of costs associated with the | ||
transportation of desalinated marine seawater and brackish | ||
groundwater from the place of production to end users; | ||
(4) the potential for the use of public-private | ||
partnerships for water development projects in this state; and | ||
(5) methods to ensure that stakeholders from all water | ||
user groups are included in the development of plans for the use of | ||
water in this state. | ||
(d) In conducting the study, the board may consult with the | ||
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
(e) Not later than December 1, 2018, the board shall submit | ||
to each standing committee of the legislature having primary | ||
jurisdiction over water development: | ||
(1) a report of the findings of the study conducted | ||
under this section; and | ||
(2) the map developed by the board under Subsection | ||
(b) of this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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