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  89R5612 KRM-F     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3106       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the development of certain regional water plans using   safe yield water availability analyses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 16.053, Water Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (e-3) to read as follows:           (e-3)     When developing a regional water plan under   Subsection (e), a regional water planning group for an area that is   largely dependent on surface water from one or more reservoirs may   evaluate the availability of water from a reservoir based on an   analysis of the reservoir's safe yield, expressed in terms of a   reduced annual water volume that would continue to be available   from the reservoir for a period longer than that of a drought of   record. A planning group described by this subsection that decides   not to use a safe yield analysis in developing its regional water   plan shall provide in its plan an explanation of the reason for that   decision.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.