84R25050 GRM-D
By: Lucio III H.B. No. 3356
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3356:
By: Kacal C.S.H.B. No. 3356
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation of production of wells for retail public
utilities by a groundwater conservation district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 36.116(c), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2) as it relates to the
tract size or acreage of a well site owned by a retail public
utility [In regulating the production of groundwater based on tract
size or acreage], a district shall determine the production amount
for a retail public utility that provides retail water service
inside the district by considering [may consider] the service needs
or service area of the [a] retail public [water] utility. For the
purposes of this subsection, "retail public [water] utility" has
[shall have] the meaning assigned by [provided at] Section 13.002.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.