By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1570


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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 Subsection 
(e) 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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
	Amend SB 1570 by inserting the following:                                      
	(f)  The district shall not prohibit the sale, purchase, 
lease, or trade of groundwater by a private well owner under this 
section.

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