By: Harris H.B. No. 27       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the consideration by a groundwater conservation   district of modeled available groundwater when issuing permits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 8863, Special District   Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8863.1031 to read as   follows:          Sec. 8863.1031.  STUDY, REPORT, AND MORATORIUM (a) The   Texas Water Development Board shall conduct a study limited to the   geographic boundaries of the District to:                (1)  analyze the maximum amount of groundwater that can   be produced annually in perpetuity from the aquifer underlying the   District without impeding the achievement of the District's modeled   available groundwater; and                (2)  assess the hydrological impacts to the area within   the District, including the average annual recharge, inflows,   discharges, spring flows, and interaction between groundwater and   surface water, from transfers of groundwater out of the aquifer   underlying the District.          (b)  Not later than January 12, 2027, the Texas Water   Development Board shall prepare and submit to the governor, the   lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives,   and each standing legislative committee with primary jurisdiction   over natural resources a report on the results of the study   conducted under this section.          (c)  The district may not issue a new permit or permit   amendment to an applicant for the production and transfer out of the   district of groundwater.          (d)  This section expires September 1, 2027.          SECTION 2.  Section 8863.1031, Special District Local Laws   Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a new permit or an   amended permit issued by the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater   Conservation District on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the   legislative session.