H.B. No. 1699
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Evergreen Underground Water
Conservation District to impose certain fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 197, Acts of the 59th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1965, is amended by adding Section 22A to read as
follows:
Sec. 22A. FEES. (a) The Board may impose:
(1) a combined production and export fee on water
exported from the District in an amount not to exceed 20 cents for
each thousand gallons of water exported from the District; and
(2) other fees as authorized by Chapter 36, Water
Code.
(b) A fee collected under Subsection (a)(1) of this section
may only be used:
(1) to maintain the operability of wells significantly
affected by groundwater export projects; and
(2) as authorized by Section 36.122(l), Water Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1699 was passed by the House on April
11, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 26, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1699 on May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 8,
3 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1699 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays
5.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor