By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 3356
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 26, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 26, 2015, sent
to printer.)
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) In regulating the production of groundwater based on
tract size or acreage, a district shall [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. A district may determine whether it is appropriate to base
the production amount on a retail public utility's service needs or
service area under this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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