89R3267 JAM-D     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3467       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the disclosure by a seller of certain real property to   the purchaser of the property of information regarding the process   for obtaining a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality for the storage, taking, or diversion of state water.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Property Code, is   amended by adding Section 5.0111 to read as follows:          Sec. 5.0111.  SELLER'S NOTICE REGARDING APPROPRIATION OF   STATE WATER. A person who sells an interest in real property in   this state that contains or is adjacent to state water shall give to   the purchaser of the property a written notice that conforms to the   standard notice adopted by the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality under Section 11.121, Water Code, relating to the   appropriation of state water.          SECTION 2.  Section 11.121, Water Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 11.121.  PERMIT REQUIRED; NOTICE TO CERTAIN PURCHASERS   OF REAL PROPERTY. (a)  Except as provided in Sections 11.1405,   11.142, 11.1421, 11.1422, and 18.003, no person may appropriate any   state water or begin construction of any work designed for the   storage, taking, or diversion of water without first obtaining a   permit from the commission to make the appropriation.          (b)  The commission by rule shall adopt a standard notice for   a purchaser of real property that contains or is adjacent to state   water.  The notice must be designed to inform a purchaser of:                (1)  the requirements of this section; and                (2)  the process by which a person may obtain from the   commission a permit authorizing the storage, taking, or diversion   of state water.          SECTION 3.  Section 5.0111, Property Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to a sale or conveyance of property for which a   binding contract is executed on or after January 1, 2026.  A sale or   conveyance for which a binding contract is executed before that   date is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract is   executed, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 4.  Not later than December 31, 2025, the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt the notice required   by Section 11.121, Water Code, as amended by this Act.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.