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Senate Bill 1031 |
Senate Author: Taylor |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Callegari |
Senate Bill 1031 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to revise, update, and clarify provisions relating to the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District. Among other provisions, the bill authorizes the district's board to contract for an investment officer, authorizes the board to issue permits to drill new wells, provides for exemptions from the permit requirements, and requires the district to grant a permit to drill and operate certain new wells. Previous law capped the district permit fee at 110 percent of the highest rate that the City of Houston charges for surface water supplied to its customers in the district. The bill removes the specification that the water the City of Houston charges for in regard to such cap be surface water.