Interim Hearings - Week of July 25
Today's Committee Meetings on the LRL website is a calendar of interim committee hearings with links to agendas. Below are resources related to upcoming Interim Hearings.
July 25
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs
Charge: Surface water and groundwater
- Reorganizing Groundwater Regulation in Texas, Bush School of Government & Public Service, Texas A&M University, 2016
- Interim Report to the 84th Legislature (Charge 2 - Groundwater), House Committee on Natural Resources, January 2015
- "Whose Water Is It Anyway?," Tierra Grande, Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, July 2014 (Revised 2015)
- "Texas Groundwater Rights and Immunities: From East to Day and Beyond," Texas Water Journal, Texas Water Resources Institute, Texas A&M University, 2014
- "Edwards Aquifer Authority V. Day And Bragg—Predictions on Their Effects For Regulatory Takings Claims For Groundwater Used In Oil & Gas Operations," 66 Baylor Law Review 471 (2014)
- "Liquid Assets: Groundwater in Texas," 122 Yale Law Journal 143 (December 4, 2012)
- Applications for Surface Water Rights and Ownership Changes and Surface Water Rights and Availability, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
- A Texan's Guide to Water and Water Rights Marketing (including surface water rights, groundwater rights, and water right transfers), Texas Water Development Board
Charge: State Water Plan
- 2017 State Water Plan: Water for Texas, Texas Water Development Board, adopted by the Board May 19, 2016
Charge: Monitor implementation of legislation, specifically monitor the Texas Water Development Board's process in the identification and designation of brackish groundwater zones
- Brackish Groundwater: Current Status and Potential Benefits for Water Management (Issue Brief), Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy, April 11, 2016
- "2016 Preview: Brackish Groundwater Takes a Star Turn" (includes Texas), Circle of Blue, January 4, 2016
- Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS) - House Bill 30 Projects, Texas Water Development Board
Topic: Report and testimony from the Comptroller of Public Accounts regarding the financial condition of this state
