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  89R12896 ANG-F     By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2498       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the participation of certain counties in joint planning   in groundwater management areas.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 36, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 36.1087 to read as follows:           Sec.   36.1087.     PARTICIPATION OF CERTAIN COUNTIES IN JOINT   PLANNING FOR MANAGEMENT AREA. (a)   A county that is located wholly   or partly in a management area and that does not have within its   boundaries a district located in the management area may   participate in the joint planning process as provided by Sections   36.108 and 36.1081 through a representative designated by the   governing body of the county.           (b)     A representative appointed under Subsection (a) is   entitled to participate in the joint planning process in the same   manner as a district representative in order to promote the   county's interests in regional groundwater planning. The   representative may present to the joint planning process   information regarding desired future conditions and estimates of   groundwater resources and availability.           (c)     The commission and the Texas Water Development Board   shall provide to a county that has designated a representative   under this section technical assistance in the joint planning   process as necessary to further the county's interests in the   outcome of the process.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.