89R2992 SCP-D
By: Isaac H.B. No. 2812
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the exemption of public water supply wells from
regulation, permitting, or metering by the Hays Trinity Groundwater
Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8843.104(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Groundwater withdrawals from the following wells may
not be regulated, permitted, or metered by the district:
(1) a well used for domestic use by a single private
residential household and incapable of producing more than 25,000
gallons per day; [and]
(2) a well used for conventional farming and ranching
activities, including such intensive operations as aquaculture,
livestock feedlots, or poultry operations; and
(3) a public water supply well.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.