By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 3818
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011;
May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
Resources; May 13, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 13, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a limitation on production fees on groundwater
withdrawals assessed by the Northern Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 8820, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8820.202 to read as
follows:
Sec. 8820.202. LIMITATION ON ASSESSMENT OF PRODUCTION FEES.
A production fee assessed by the district on the amount of
groundwater authorized by a permit to be withdrawn from a well or
the amount of groundwater actually withdrawn may not exceed:
(1) $1 for each acre-foot of groundwater permitted for
or used in a year solely for agricultural use; or
(2) 20 cents for each 1,000 gallons of groundwater
permitted for or used in a year for any purpose other than
agriculture.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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