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Senate Bill 839 |
Senate Author: Wentworth |
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Effective: 6-18-05 |
House Sponsor: Casteel |
General-law provisions of the Water Code regarding groundwater conservation districts do not allow a district to require permits for certain kinds of wells. The Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District (GCD) in Kendall County was authorized by its enabling laws to assess annual fees only on permitted wells. Senate Bill 839 authorizes the Cow Creek GCD to assess annual fees on a well that is used solely for domestic use or the watering of livestock or poultry and is located on a tract of land larger than 10 acres, but has been drilled, completed, or equipped so that it cannot produce more than 25,000 gallons of groundwater a day, even though such a well is among the kinds exempted from permitting by the Water Code.