89R13392 JBD-F
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 1611
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fees assessed by the Lost Pines Groundwater
Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8849.151, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8849.151. [PUMPING] FEES. (a) The district may
assess production [regulatory pumping] fees under Section
36.205(c), Water Code, and export fees under Section 36.122, Water
Code [for water produced in or exported from the district].
(b) The production [regulatory pumping] fees the district
assesses for water for crop or livestock production or other
agricultural uses may not exceed 20 percent of the rate applied to
water for municipal uses.
(c) Production [Regulatory pumping] fees [based on the
amount of water withdrawn from a well] may not exceed:
(1) $1 for each acre-foot for water used to irrigate
agricultural crops; or
(2) 17 cents for each thousand gallons for water used
for any other purpose.
[(d) Combined regulatory pumping fees for production and
export of water may not exceed 17 cents for each thousand gallons
for water used.]
SECTION 2. Mitigation payments and fees assessed before the
effective date of this Act are ratified, confirmed, and validated
in all respects.
SECTION 3. 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.