84R11378 GRM-F
By: Lucio III 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) [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 and may not consider the tract
size or acreage of a well site not located in the district. 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.