85R3712 GRM-F
By: Lucio III 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 the production of groundwater based on
tract size or acreage, a district shall [may] consider the
aggregate acreage owned by the retail public utility and the retail
public utility's customers inside the district and may subtract
permitted wells from that acreage [service needs or service area of
a retail public utility]. For the purposes of this subsection,
"retail public utility" has [shall have] the meaning assigned
[provided] by Section 13.002.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.