Bill Text: TX SB1726 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of groundwater conditions in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Water & Rural Affairs [SB1726 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1726-Introduced.html
| 2019S0325-1 03/04/19 | ||
| By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1726 | |
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| relating to a study by the Texas Water Development Board of | ||
| groundwater conditions in certain counties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. In order to engage in a scientific inquiry and | ||
| analysis regarding current and projected groundwater production | ||
| and to assess the effects of that production on groundwater | ||
| conditions, the executive administrator of the Texas Water | ||
| Development Board shall, for the Trinity and Edwards Aquifers in | ||
| Bell, Burnet, Milam, Travis, and Williamson Counties: | ||
| (1) compile and evaluate current data on groundwater | ||
| levels, aquifer characteristics, and groundwater use and | ||
| production; and | ||
| (2) fully assess the effects of current and projected | ||
| groundwater production on groundwater conditions. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the executive | ||
| administrator of the Texas Water Development Board shall: | ||
| (1) complete the compilation and evaluation of data | ||
| and prepare a report responsive to the technical scope described by | ||
| Section 1 of this Act; and | ||
| (2) make copies of the report available to the public. | ||
| SECTION 3. The executive administrator of the Texas Water | ||
| Development Board is required to implement this Act only if the | ||
| legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act expires September 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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, 2019. | ||
