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