1. (a) Following the issuance of a commission order under §294.42 (i)(2) of this title (relating to Commission Action Concerning PGMA Designation) designating a PGMA and finding that one or more districts should be created in the PGMA and prior to the close of next regular session of the legislature, landowners in the PGMA may:

   1. (1) create one or more districts under Chapter 293 of this title (relating to Water Districts);
   2. (2) have the area annexed to a district that adjoins the area; or
   3. (3) create one or more districts through the legislative process.

2. (b) The executive director shall identify the areas subject to any order of the commission under subsection (a) of this section that have not been incorporated into a district and shall delineate proposed boundaries of a district, or area to be annexed to include those areas, and initiate a report including recommendations to the commission for the annexation of the identified areas to an adjacent existing district under §294.44 of this title (relating to Adding a PGMA for an Existing District) or for the creation of one or more districts under provisions of §293.21 of this title (relating to Commission Creation of Groundwater Conservation Districts in Priority Groundwater Management Area on its Own Motion). This report shall be completed and filed with the commission within 120 days after notice of initiation of the report is given under paragraph (1) of this subsection.

   1. (1) The executive director shall provide written notice of the delineation of the boundaries and the initiation of the report to the governing body of each county, regional water planning group, adjacent groundwater district, municipality, river authority, water district, or other entity which supplies public drinking water, including each holder of a certificate of convenience and necessity issued by the commission, and of each irrigation district, located either in whole or in part within the proposed district boundaries.
   2. (2) At the same time notice is given under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the executive director shall notify the Texas Agricultural Extension Service of the proposed district boundaries and initiation of the executive director's report to begin an educational program within the identified areas with the assistance and cooperation of the Texas Water Development Board, the commission, other state agencies, and existing districts to inform the residents of the status of the area's water resources and management options including possible formation of a district.

Source Note:The provisions of this §294.43 adopted to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 965.