S.B. No. 1570




AN ACT

relating to certain public water supply wells in the Trinity Glen 
Rose Groundwater Conservation District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 16, Chapter 1312, Acts of the 77th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended by adding 
Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
	(e)  For the purposes of Subsection (a)(2) of this section, 
the installation of a well is timely completed if, before September 
1, 2002, the well is drilled, cased, and cemented in accordance with 
the commission's technical requirements and the plans submitted to 
and approved by the commission before September 1, 2001, even if the 
well is capped for subsequent placement into service as part of a 
public water system.
	(f)  The district shall not prohibit the sale, purchase, 
lease, or trade of groundwater by a private well owner under this 
section.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           

                                                                              




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President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1570 passed the Senate on 
May 13, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the 
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2003, by a viva-voce 
vote.




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   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1570 passed the House, with 
amendment, on May 28, 2003, by a non-record vote.




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   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



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          Governor