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      88(3) HB 96 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
		By:  Zwiener
            H.B.  No.  96
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the adoption of a water conservation program by a 
         
            county.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Chapter 562, Local Government Code, is amended 
         
            by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
         
            SUBCHAPTER C. WATER CONSERVATION
         
                          Sec.  562.051.    WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.  (a)   In this 
         
            section, "agricultural operation" has the meaning assigned by 
         
            Section 251.002, Agriculture Code.
         
                          (b)    The commissioners court of a county by order may adopt a 
         
            water conservation program.   A water conservation program adopted 
         
            under this section may establish for the unincorporated area of the 
         
            county only:
         
                                      (1)    rules for residential water use restrictions 
         
            during periods of drought; and
         
                                      (2)    water conservation standards applicable to the 
         
            residential development of a subdivision of a tract of land, the 
         
            development of which begins after August 31, 2024.
         
                          (c)    Water use restrictions established under Subsection 
         
            (b)(1) may not apply to an agricultural operation.
         
                          (d)    To the extent of a conflict between a county order 
         
            adopted under this section and a municipal ordinance regulating the 
         
            same conduct, the ordinance prevails.
         
                          SECTION  2.    This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.
         
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Introduced:  ()



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the adoption of a water conservation program by a
	county.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 562, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER C. WATER CONSERVATION
	Sec. 562.051. WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS. (a) In this
	section, "agricultural operation" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 251.002, Agriculture Code.
	(b) The commissioners court of a county by order may adopt a
	water conservation program. A water conservation program adopted
	under this section may establish for the unincorporated area of the
	county only:
	(1) rules for residential water use restrictions
	during periods of drought; and
	(2) water conservation standards applicable to the
	residential development of a subdivision of a tract of land, the
	development of which begins after August 31, 2024.
	(c) Water use restrictions established under Subsection
	(b)(1) may not apply to an agricultural operation.
	(d) To the extent of a conflict between a county order
	adopted under this section and a municipal ordinance regulating the
	same conduct, the ordinance prevails.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect January 1, 2024.