Tex. Water Code § 35.018 · Chapter 35. GROUNDWATER STUDIES
REPORTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) No later than January 31 of each odd-numbered year, the commission in conjunction with the Texas Water Development Board shall prepare and deliver to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives a comprehensive report concerning activities during the preceding two years relating to the designation of priority groundwater management areas by the commission and the creation and operation of districts.
(b) The report must include:
(1) the names and locations of all priority groundwater management areas and districts created or attempted to be created on or after November 5, 1985, the effective date of Chapter 133 (H.B. No. 2), Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985;
(2) the authority under which each priority groundwater management area and district was proposed for creation;
(3) a detailed analysis of each election held to confirm the creation of a district, including analysis of election results, possible reasons for the success or failure to confirm the creation of a district, and the possibility for future voter approval of districts in areas in which attempts to create districts failed;
(4) a detailed analysis of the activities of each district created, including those districts which are implementing management plans certified under Section 36.1072;
(5) a report on audits performed on districts under Section 36.302 and remedial actions taken under Section 36.303;
(6) recommendations for changes in this chapter and Chapter 36 that will facilitate the creation of priority groundwater management areas and the creation and operation of districts;
(7) a report on educational efforts in newly designated priority groundwater management areas; and
(8) any other information and recommendations that the commission considers relevant.
(c) If the commission determines that a district created under Chapter 36 is not appropriate for, or capable of, the protection of the groundwater resources for a particular management area or priority groundwater management area, the commission may recommend in its report to the legislature the creation of a special district or amendment of an existing district.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1010, Sec. 4.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 966, Sec. 2.28, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.35.htm
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Water Code
- Tex. Water Code ch. 36GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICTSPrinted as Chapter 36
- Tex. Water Code § 36.1072TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF MANAGEMENT PLAN.Printed as Section 36.1072
- Tex. Water Code § 36.302LEGISLATIVE AUDIT REVIEW; DETERMINATION OF WHETHER DISTRICT IS OPERATIONAL.Printed as Section 36.302
- Tex. Water Code § 36.303ACTION BY COMMISSION.Printed as Section 36.303
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