By Walker H.B. No. 1504
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the well permitting process of groundwater conservation
1-3 districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 36.114, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 36.114. PERMIT; APPLICATION AND HEARING. The district
1-8 shall promptly consider and act [pass] on each administratively
1-9 complete application for a permit. If, within 30 [20] days after
1-10 the date the administratively complete application [it] is
1-11 submitted, an application has not been acted [passed] on or set for
1-12 a hearing on a specific date, the applicant may petition the
1-13 district court of the county where the land is located for a writ
1-14 of mandamus to compel the district to act on the application or set
1-15 a date for a hearing on the application. A hearing shall be held
1-16 within 35 days after the setting of the date and the district shall
1-17 act on the application within 35 days after the date of the
1-18 hearing. The district may by rule set a time when an application
1-19 will expire if the information requested in the application is not
1-20 provided to the district. An administratively complete application
1-21 requires information set forth in accordance with Sections 36.113
1-22 and 36.1131.
1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-24 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-1 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-2 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-3 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.