85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3735, Chapter 1097 Page: 1 of 11
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Chapter 1097
H.B. No. 3735
1 AN ACT
2 relating to an application for a new or amended water right
3 submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
5 SECTION 1. Sections 11.002(1) and (3), Water Code, are
6 amended to read as follows:
7 (1) "Commission" means the Texas [Natur-a--Re-source
8 Censerv-ation] Commission on Environmental Quality.
9 (3) "Executive director" means the executive director
10 of the Texas [NtralResource onservation] Commission on
11 Environmental Quality.
12 SECTION 2. Section 11.122, Water Code, is amended by adding
13 Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows:
14 (b-i) A holder of a water right that begins using
15 desalinated seawater after acquiring the water right has a right to
16 expedited consideration of an application for an amendment to the
17 water right if the amendment:
18 (1) authorizes the applicant to divert water from a
19 diversion point that is different from or in addition to the point
20 or points from which the applicant was authorized to divert water
21 before the requested amendment;
22 (2) authorizes the applicant to divert from the
23 different or additional diversion point an amount of water that is
24 equal to or less than the amount of desalinated seawater used by the1
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. 85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 3735, Chapter 1097, legislative document, June 15, 2017; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1049678/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.