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House Bill 4114 |
House Author: O'Day |
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Effective: 6-15-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Jackson, Mike |
House Bill 4114 amends the enabling statute of the Brazoria County Groundwater Conservation District to expand the law's prohibition against property taxes to prohibit a tax of any type. The bill makes more explicit provisions relating to fees and water well metering. As amended by the bill, a prohibition against assessing fees or requiring meters applies to any new or existing well on private property that serves only a single-family dwelling used only for domestic purposes, and to any new or existing well that is used only for agriculture as defined by general-law groundwater conservation district provisions of the Water Code. Unless a well is exempted by law, the district may impose production, export, and other fees, but the bill limits export fees to no more than 150 percent of the maximum wholesale water rate charged by the City of Houston.