85R15193 JAM-D By: Larson H.B. No. 4006 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality obtain or develop updated water availability models for all of the river basins in this state. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 16.012, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: (h-1) Not later than December 1, 2020, the commission shall obtain or develop updated water availability models for the all of the river basins in this state. The commission may collect data from all of the jurisdictions that allocate the waters of the rivers in this state, including jurisdictions outside this state. This subsection expires September 1, 2021. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.