By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1570


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the administration, powers duties, and operation of the 
Trinity Glen Rose Groundwater Conservation District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1312, 2001 
Tex.Gen.Laws 3222 is amended by amending Section 16 and adding 
Subdivision (e) to read as follows:
	Sec. 16.  PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY WELLS.  (a)  A public water 
supply well is exempt from regulation by the district if:
	(1)  the well is in existence on the effective date of this 
Act and drilled in compliance with technical requirements in effect 
at the time the well was drilled; or
	(2)  the commission has approved plans submitted for the 
installation of the well before the effective date of this Act and 
the installation of the well is completed in accordance with the 
approved plans and the commission's technical requirements before 
the first anniversary of the effective date of this Act.
	(b)  The owner of a public water supply well shall register 
the well with the district and submit reports to the district.  A 
public water supply well is subject to the district's prohibitions 
on the waste of groundwater.
	(c)  The district may not require a construction or operating 
permit for a public water supply well approved by the commission.
	(d)  Fees a retail public utility pays to the district shall 
be collected directly from the customers of the utility as a 
regulatory fee and shown as a separate line item on the customer's 
bill.
	(e)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(2) above, the 
installation of the well is completed, if, prior to September 1, 
2002, a well is drilled, cased, and cemented in accordance with the 
Commission's technical requirements and according to the plans 
submitted to and approved by the commission prior to September 1, 
2001 even if the well is capped for subsequent placement into 
service as part of a public water supply system.
	SECTION 2.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails 
over another Act of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, 
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted 
codes.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on September 1, 2003.