89R16124 KRM-F
By: Kitzman H.B. No. 4630
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 7.142(a) and (b), Water Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates:
(1) Section 11.081;
(2) Section 11.083;
(3) Section 11.084;
(4) Section 11.087;
(5) Section 11.088;
(6) Section 11.089;
(7) Section 11.090;
(8) Section 11.091;
(9) Section 11.092;
(10) Section 11.093;
(11) Section 11.094;
(12) Section 11.096; or
(13) [Section 11.203; or
[(14)] Section 11.205.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(9), (a)(10), or (a)(13)
[(a)(14)] is punishable under Section 7.187(a)(1)(A) or (2)(B)
[Section 7.187(1)(A) or Section 7.187(2)(B)] or both.
SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 11, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 11.2011 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.2011. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter, other than
Sections 11.202(c) and 11.206, applies only to an artesian well
drilled outside the boundaries of a groundwater conservation
district, subsidence district, or other conservation and
reclamation district with the authority to regulate the drilling,
spacing, or production of water wells.
SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Water Code are
repealed:
(1) Sections 11.202(d) and (e);
(2) Section 11.203;
(3) Section 11.204; and
(4) Section 11.207.
SECTION 4. 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, 2025.