S.B. No. 662
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to transmittal to the Texas Water Development Board and a
  local groundwater conservation district of certain information by a
  person applying to subdivide a tract of land.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 212.0101, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The Texas [Natural Resource Conservation] Commission on
  Environmental Quality by rule shall establish the appropriate form
  and content of a certification to be attached to a plat application
  under this section.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in
  consultation with the Texas Water Development Board, by rule shall
  require a person who submits a plat under Subsection (a) to transmit
  to the Texas Water Development Board and any groundwater
  conservation district that includes in the district's boundaries
  any part of the subdivision information that would be useful in:
               (1)  performing groundwater conservation district
  activities;
               (2)  conducting regional water planning;
               (3)  maintaining the state's groundwater database; or
               (4)  conducting studies for the state related to
  groundwater.
         SECTION 2.  Section 232.0032, Local Government Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The Texas [Natural Resource Conservation] Commission on
  Environmental Quality by rule shall establish the appropriate form
  and content of a certification to be attached to a plat application
  under this section.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in
  consultation with the Texas Water Development Board, by rule shall
  require a person who submits a plat under Subsection (a) to transmit
  to the Texas Water Development Board and any groundwater
  conservation district that includes in the district's boundaries
  any part of the subdivision information that would be useful in:
               (1)  performing groundwater conservation district
  activities;
               (2)  conducting regional water planning;
               (3)  maintaining the state's groundwater database; or
               (4)  conducting studies for the state related to
  groundwater.
         SECTION 3.  Not later than January 1, 2009, the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt the rules required
  by Subsection (c), Section 212.0101, and Subsection (c), Section
  232.0032, Local Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 662 passed the Senate on
  May 8, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
  Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2007, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 662 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor