House Committee on Natural Resources - 86th R.S. (2019)
Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Interim Report | |
Subjects: | Aquifers | Environmental Quality, Texas Commission on | Flood control | Groundwater | Public Utility Commission of Texas | Springs | Surface water | Water Development Board, Texas | Water marketing | Water planning | Water supplies | | |
Library Call Number: | L1836.86 N218h | |
Session: | 86th R.S. (2019) | |
Online version: | View report [76 pages File size: 2,823 kb] | |
Charges: | This report should address the charges below. | |
1. | Monitor the agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction and oversee the implementation of relevant legislation passed by the 86th Legislature. Conduct active oversight of all associated rulemaking and other governmental actions taken to ensure intended legislative outcome of all legislation, including the following:
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2. | Study the efforts of the TCEQ, the TWDB, and the Public Utility Commission of Texas to incentivize, promote, and preserve regional projects to meet water supply needs and encourage public and private investment in water infrastructure. Identify impediments or threats to regionalization with special emphasis on: prioritization in planning and implementing the State Water Plan, Regional Water Plan, and other recommended water supply projects; barriers to private investment and the development of public-private partnerships to implement needed water supply projects, including the retail water and wastewater industry, to address the state's growth challenges; public water and wastewater systems that are unable to meet federal and state standards due to inadequate operational capacity and factors that prevent such systems from being integrated into larger systems and processes that more easily facilitate the sale, transfer, or merger of systems; and state agency authority to regulate regional water supply pricing. | |
3. | Monitor the joint planning process for groundwater and the achievement of the desired conditions for aquifers by groundwater conservation districts. | |
4. | Monitor the State Auditor's review of agencies and programs under the Committee's jurisdiction. The Chair shall seek input and periodic briefings on completed audits for the 2019 and 2020 fiscal years and bring forth pertinent issues for full committee consideration. | |
5. | Study emerging issues related to groundwater-surface water interactions and the ongoing challenges associated with the bifurcated regulatory regimes for each of these water sources. * | |
6. | Study the role of water markets in Texas. * | |
Supporting documents | ||
Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, January 31, 2019 | |
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Session: | 86th R.S. (2019) | |
Online version: | View document [15 pages File size: 5,713 kb] | |
Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, February 6, 2019 (water use in oil and gas operations) | |
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Session: | 86th R.S. (2019) | |
Online version: | View document [12 pages File size: 3,559 kb] | |
Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, February 12, 2019 (Flooding) | |
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Session: | 86th R.S. (2019) | |
Online version: | View document [236 pages File size: 46,746 kb] | |
Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, February 19, 2019 (desalination, subsidence and river authorities) | |
Library Call Number: | ||
Session: | 86th R.S. (2019) | |
Online version: | View document [660 pages File size: 80,389 kb] | |
Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, March 5, 2019 (HB 478, Hidalgo County Drainage District) | |
Library Call Number: | ||
Session: | 86th R.S. (2019) | |
Online version: | View document [25 pages File size: 8,848 kb] | |
Committee: | House Natural Resources | |
Title: | Committee meeting handouts and testimony, March 12, 2019 (HB 1479, Edwards Aquifer Authority) | |
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Session: | 86th R.S. (2019) | |
Online version: | View document [9 pages File size: 3,984 kb] |
* This represents an abstract of the report contents. Charge text is incomplete or unavailable.
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