By: Frank (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 3185
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water & Rural Affairs; May 17, 2017, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees charged by the Rolling Plains Groundwater
Conservation District; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8867.103, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection
(c) to read as follows:
(a) The district may assess fees under Section 36.122(e) or
36.205(c), Water Code, in an annual amount not to exceed:
(1) $1 per acre-foot of water used for agricultural
use; [or]
(2) 17 cents per thousand gallons of water used for any
other purpose; or
(3) notwithstanding any limitations on the amount of
an export fee or surcharge authorized under Section 36.122(e),
Water Code, 150 percent of the maximum commercial water rate
charged by the City of Wichita Falls for groundwater exported from
the district.
(c) The district may use funds obtained from an export fee
imposed under Subsection (a)(3) only to enhance:
(1) aquifer monitoring, modeling, and data
collection; and
(2) research to advance the scientific understanding
of the district's groundwater resources.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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