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| 1 | 1 | 87R12997 SRA-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Creighton S.B. No. 1382 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the authority of a hospital to drill a water well for | |
| 8 | 8 | the purpose of producing water for use in the event of an emergency | |
| 9 | 9 | or natural disaster. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 311, Health and Safety | |
| 12 | 12 | Code, is amended by adding Section 311.005 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 311.005. WATER WELLS FOR USE IN EVENT OF EMERGENCY OR | |
| 14 | 14 | NATURAL DISASTER. (a) A hospital may drill a water well on | |
| 15 | 15 | property owned by the hospital for the purpose of producing water to | |
| 16 | 16 | supplement the hospital's water supply in the event that an | |
| 17 | 17 | emergency or natural disaster prevents the hospital from receiving | |
| 18 | 18 | water from the hospital's usual source. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) This section does not affect the authority of a | |
| 20 | 20 | groundwater conservation district to regulate groundwater | |
| 21 | 21 | production under Chapter 36, Water Code, or other law governing a | |
| 22 | 22 | groundwater conservation district. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |