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Senate Bill 692 |
Senate Author: Estes |
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Effective: 5-9-11 |
House Sponsor: Miller, Doug |
Senate Bill 692 amends and clarifies Water Code provisions relating to exemptions from groundwater conservation district permit requirements. The bill specifies that a groundwater conservation district is authorized by rule to provide an exemption from the district's requirement to obtain a drilling permit, an operating permit, or any other permit required by provisions relating to groundwater conservation districts or the district's rules. The bill requires a district to provide an exemption from the district requirement to obtain a permit for the drilling or operating of certain wells and the drilling of certain water wells. The bill authorizes a district, under certain conditions, to cancel a previously granted exemption, to require an operating permit for a well, and to restrict production from a well. The bill requires a district to require the owner of a water well to register, equip, and maintain the well as provided by district rules. The bill requires a driller of a well to file with the district a required well log and, if available, the geophysical log and removes a provision limiting a drilling log filing requirement to a driller of an exempt well.