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      By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2347       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the adoption of a water conservation program by certain   counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 562, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER C. WATER CONSERVATION           Sec.   562.051.     WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMS FOR CERTAIN   COUNTIES.   (a)   This section applies only to a county that has a   population greater than 230,000, is wholly or partly located within   the boundaries of the Hill Country Priority Groundwater Management   Area, and is adjacent to a county with a population greater than one   million.           (b)     The commissioners court of a county by order may adopt a   water conservation program.   Except as provided by Subsection (c),   a water conservation program adopted under this section may   establish for the unincorporated area of the county, including the   extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, water   conservation standards applicable to a development, redevelopment,   or subdivision of a tract of land that begins after August 31, 2025.           (c)     Water conservation standards established under   Subsection (b) apply only to water used for landscaping on a tract   of land being developed, redeveloped, or subdivided for residential   development.           (d)     To the extent of a conflict between a county order   adopted under this section and a permit, rule, ordinance, or other   measure issued by a governmental entity and regulating the same   conduct:                 (1)     if the governmental entity is a municipality, the   municipal measure prevails; or                 (2)     if the governmental entity is a political   subdivision other than a municipality, the more stringent   regulation prevails.           Sec.   562.052.     EXPIRATION.   This subchapter and any water   conservation programs adopted under Section 562.051 expire   September 1, 2031.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.