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Greg Abbott: “The largest water law in the history of the great state of…”

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Governor Greg Abbott Signs Historic Texas Water Infrastructure Bills at Synflo in Lubbock

Published | Video Starts at 07:22

So much so that in my state of the state address, I made fixing the water problem an emergency item. And the good news is we had the legislature step up and get that job done with The largest water law in the history of the great state of Texas [was passed]. More specifically, with the leadership of Senator Perry and Representative Harris, they passed. It's called hjr, which is House Joint resolution. And that's fancy language for a constitutional amendment. (07:22–07:34)

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Asserts that the recent water law is the largest in Texas history.

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