89R5258 SCR-D
By: Gerdes H.B. No. 1690
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of
groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 36.122, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) The district shall adopt rules requiring that notice
be given for an application filed to comply with this section. The
notice must be:
(1) paid for by the applicant;
(2) sent by certified mail to:
(A) each district that is adjacent to the
district considering the application;
(B) the commissioners court of each county in
which the district considering the application is located; and
(C) the commissioners court of each county in
which a district that receives notice under Paragraph (A) is
located; and
(3) published in:
(A) a newspaper of general circulation in the
county in which the district considering the application is
located; and
(B) a newspaper of general circulation in each
county in which a district that receives notice under Subdivision
(2)(A) is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.