H.B. No. 3618

	AN ACT
	relating to the timing of the expiration of water quality permits.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 26.0135(d), Water Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(d)  As required [In the   appropriate year of the   cycle
	provided] by commission rules [adopted to   implement Section
	26.0285], each river authority shall submit a written summary
	report to the commission, State Soil and Water Conservation Board,
	and Parks and Wildlife Department on the water quality assessment
	of the authority's watershed. The summary report must identify
	concerns relating to the watershed or bodies of water, including an
	identification of bodies of water with impaired or potentially
	impaired uses, the cause and possible source of use impairment, and
	recommended actions the commission may take to address those
	concerns. The summary report must discuss the public benefits from
	the water quality monitoring and assessment program, including
	efforts to increase public input in activities related to water
	quality and the effectiveness of targeted monitoring in assisting
	the permitting process. A river authority shall submit a summary
	report after the report has been approved by the basin steering
	committee and coordinated with the public and the commission. A
	river authority shall hold basin steering committee meetings and
	shall invite users of water and wastewater permit holders in the
	watershed who pay fees under Section 26.0291 to review the draft of
	the work plans and summary report. A river authority shall inform
	those parties of the availability and location of the summary
	report for inspection and shall solicit input from those parties
	concerning their satisfaction with or suggestions for modification
	of the summary report for the watershed, the operation or
	effectiveness of the watershed monitoring and assessment program
	authorized by this section, and the adequacy, use, or equitable
	apportionment of the program's costs and funds. A river authority
	shall summarize all comments received from persons who pay fees
	under Section 26.0291 and from steering committee members and shall
	submit the report and the summaries to the governor, the lieutenant
	governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives not later
	than the 90th day after the date the river authority submits the
	summary report to the commission and other agencies.
	SECTION 2.  Section 26.0285, Water Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3618 was passed by the House on April
	27, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3618 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor