82R28102 SLB-D
By: Price H.R. No. 2482
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on Senate Bill 313 (priority groundwater
management areas), to consider and take action on the following
matters:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the
committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 4
of the bill, in added Section 35.013(g-1), Water Code, to read as
follows:
(g-1) If the voters do not approve the assumption of a
proportional share of the debts or taxes of a district under
Subsection (e), the board shall assess production fees in the added
territory based on the amount of water authorized by permit to be
withdrawn from a well or the amount actually withdrawn. A district
may use revenue generated for any purpose authorized by Section
36.206 or 36.207. Initial production fees may not exceed
production fees as set in Section 36.205(c), but may be increased by
the board on a majority vote after the first anniversary of the
commission order. Production fees may be raised incrementally by
40 percent and 10 percent every following year until the maximum
production fees equal:
(1) $2 per acre-foot, payable annually, for water used
for an agricultural purpose; or
(2) 30 cents per 1,000 gallons, payable annually, for
water used for any non-agricultural purpose.
Explanation: This change is necessary to specify the amounts
to which a production fee may be set or increased.