Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3356 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/28/2015

                    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.