By Lindsay                                             S.B. No. 270
         77R3053 SGA-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the meaning of "agricultural crop" for purposes of the
 1-3     exemption of certain wells from fees charged by the North Harris
 1-4     County Regional Water Authority.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Section 1.02(11), Chapter 1029, Acts of the 76th
 1-7     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 1-8                 (11)  "Agricultural crop" means:
 1-9                       (A)  a food or fiber commodity [commodities]
1-10     grown for resale or commercial purposes that provides [provide]
1-11     food, clothing, or animal feed; or
1-12                       (B)  a nursery product or florist item as defined
1-13     by Section 71.041, Agriculture Code, that is grown in the soil or
1-14     in any medium in a container by a nursery grower as defined by
1-15     Section 71.041, Agriculture Code.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.