HB 1523
AN ACT relating to a prohibition on the authorization by the Texas
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Prevents the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality from authorizing Class V injection wells for aquifer storage and recovery projects in specific counties with certain population and geographic characteristics. The bill targets a very specific scenario involving municipal water utilities in counties with populations over 750,000 adjacent to other particular counties. The legislation appears to restrict water infrastructure development for a narrow set of local water management projects, potentially impacting municipal water utility operations in those precise geographic areas.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to a prohibition on the authorization by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the use of a Class V injection well for certain aquifer storage and recovery projects. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amended by adding Section 27.1535 to read as follows: Sec. 27.1535. CERTAIN AUTHORIZATIONS PROHIBITED. (a) This section applies only to a Class V injection well located in any portion of the territory of a groundwater conservation district that is located wholly or partly in a county that: (1) has a population of more than 70,000 and less than 100,000 and contains a portion of the Colorado River; and (2) is adjacent to a county that has a population of (b) The commission may not authorize the use of a Class V injection well for an aquifer storage and recovery project operated by a municipally owned utility that primarily provides water to a (1) has a population of 750,000 or more; and (2) is located in a county adjacent to a county SECTION 2. 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, 2025.
Bill Sponsors
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Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to a prohibition on the authorization by the Texas
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