Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1570 amends provisions of the enabling statute creating the Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District relating to public water supply wells. It provides that the district may not prohibit the sale, purchase, lease, or trade of groundwater by a private well owner. The bill clarifies that a public water supply well meets the installation completion requirement to be exempt from regulation by the district if, before September 1, 2002, it has been drilled, cased, and cemented in accordance with the technical requirements of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and installation plans submitted to and approved by the TCEQ before September 1, 2001, even if the well is capped for later placement into service as part of a public water system.