By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1318
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1318:
By: Larson C.S.H.B. No. 1318
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 a retail public utility's [the
]
production of groundwater based on tract size or acreage, a
district shall [may] consider the aggregate contiguous acreage
owned or leased by the retail public utility in the district. A
district shall also consider the aggregate contiguous acreage owned
or leased by the retail public utility's customers inside the
district if the customer dedicates its acreage for this purpose in
an amount of acreage per customer sufficient to provide service to
that customer, but not to exceed five acres per customer. The
district may not include the acreage associated with a customer's
permitted wells and registered wells with the aggregated acreage
dedicated to the retail public utility [service needs or service
area of a retail public utility]. The board shall record in its
minutes the factors provided by this subsection considered by the
district. For the purposes of this subsection:
(1) "Retail[, "retail] public utility" has [shall
have] the meaning assigned [provided] by Section 13.002.
(2) "Contiguous acreage" includes acreage connected
through a retail public utility's distribution system.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.