By: Brown S.B. No. 1301 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to water conservation measures required in a county during 1-2 a declared drought disaster. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 16.055, Water Code, is amended by adding 1-5 Subsections (g), (h), and (i) to read as follows: 1-6 (g) Immediately upon the declaration under Section 418.014 1-7 or 418.108, Government Code, of a state of disaster in a county due 1-8 to drought conditions, the county shall: 1-9 (1) publish notice of the declaration of the state of 1-10 disaster in one or more newspapers having general circulation in 1-11 the county; and 1-12 (2) give notice of the declaration of the state of 1-13 disaster to: 1-14 (A) the chairman of the regional water planning 1-15 group in which the county is located; and 1-16 (B) each person or entity located in the county 1-17 that is required to develop a water conservation plan under Section 1-18 11.1271 or a drought contingency plan under Section 11.1272. 1-19 (h) On receipt of the notice under Subsection (g)(2)(B), the 1-20 person or entity shall immediately implement the person's or 1-21 entity's water conservation plan or drought contingency plan. 1-22 (i) Nothing in this section prevents a political subdivision 1-23 or a person or entity required to develop a water conservation plan 1-24 under Section 11.1271 or a drought contingency plan under Section 2-1 11.1272 from implementing water conservation measures. 2-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.