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| 1 | 1 | By: Seliger S.B. No. 728 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Price) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a groundwater conservation district's recovery of | |
| 8 | 8 | expenses in closing or capping a well. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 36.118, Water Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsections (e-1) and (e-2) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (e-1) Except as provided by Subsection (e-2), in addition to | |
| 13 | 13 | other remedies provided by law, the district is entitled to recover | |
| 14 | 14 | the district's attorney's fees, court costs, and reasonable | |
| 15 | 15 | expenses incurred in closing or capping the well from the owner of | |
| 16 | 16 | the land on which the well is located. | |
| 17 | 17 | (e-2) An entity that drills a well to develop subsurface | |
| 18 | 18 | resources not owned by the landowner is liable for expenses | |
| 19 | 19 | incurred in closing or capping the well, unless the landowner | |
| 20 | 20 | assumes responsibility for the well. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |