By: Perry S.B. No. 2660
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;
April 10, 2025, rereferred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and
Rural Affairs; April 15, 2025, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 15, 2025, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District;
authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8843.153, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8843.153. TAXES [AND OTHER FEES] PROHIBITED.
Notwithstanding Section 8843.101 or Subchapter G, Chapter 36, Water
Code, the district may not[:
[(1)] impose a tax[; or
[(2) assess or collect any fees except as authorized
by Section 8843.151 or 8843.152].
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 8843, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8843.1511 to read as
follows:
Sec. 8843.1511. PRODUCTION FEE. (a) The district may
assess a production fee as provided by Section 36.205, Water Code.
(b) A fee assessed under this section may not exceed the
greater of:
(1) 38 cents per 1,000 gallons of groundwater
withdrawn; or
(2) the raw surface water cost of other wholesale
water suppliers providing water to customers in the district.
(c) The district may use revenues generated by fees assessed
under this section for any lawful purpose.
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) a well used exclusively for an agricultural use,
as defined by Section 36.001, Water Code; or
(2) a well that is exempt under district rules.
SECTION 3. The following provisions of Chapter 8843,
Special District Local Laws Code, are repealed:
(1) Section 8843.055;
(2) Section 8843.057;
(3) Section 8843.103;
(4) Section 8843.104;
(5) Section 8843.105;
(6) Section 8843.106; and
(7) Section 8843.154.
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.
* * * * *