1. (a) The commission shall provide copies of a priority groundwater management area (PGMA) designation order under §294.42 of this title (relating to Commission Action Concerning PGMA Designation) to the commissioners court of any county that is affected by the designation of the PGMA, the Texas Cooperative Extension (TCE), and any existing groundwater conservation districts (GCDs) that are adjacent to the PGMA.

2. (b) The executive director shall request an educational outreach program under this subsection after the commission designates a PGMA under §294.42 of this title.

   1. (1) The executive director shall notify the TCE of the PGMA designation and assist in educational programming developed by the TCE under Texas Water Code (TWC), §35.012(c).
   2. (2) The executive director shall notify the commissioners court of each county of the court's educational programming responsibilities in the PGMA under TWC, §35.012(c).
3. (c) No sooner that 180 days after the date the commission designated the PGMA under §294.42 of this title, the executive director shall review the status of locally-initiated GCD creation in the PGMA.
4. (d) The executive director shall identify the areas of the PGMA that are not within a GCD and develop recommended district boundaries that are consistent with the commission's PGMA designation order under §294.42 of this title.
5. (e) If landowners do not take actions to create a GCD under TWC, §35.012(b), within two years after the date the commission designated the PGMA, the commission shall initiate creation of one or more GCDs under §293.19 of this title (relating to Creation of Groundwater Conservation Districts in Priority Groundwater Management Areas).

Source Note:The provisions of this §294.43 adopted to be effective February 21, 1999, 24 TexReg 965; amended to be effective August 29, 2002, 27 TexReg 7954.