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By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 1899


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to permit requirements for groundwater transfers out of 
Pineywoods Groundwater Conservation District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 5, Chapter 1330, Acts of 
the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as 
follows:
	(b)  The district by rule may require a person to obtain a 
permit from the district for the transfer of groundwater out of the 
district consistent with Section 36.122, Water Code, and may 
regulate the terms on which a permit holder under those rules may 
conduct such a transfer.  A retail public utility as defined by 
Section 13.002, Water Code, is not required to obtain a permit to 
transfer groundwater out of the district if:
		(1)  the source of the water is one or more wells 
located within the district; and
		(2)  the water is used by the retail public utility to 
provide retail water utility service, as defined by Section 13.002, 
Water Code, in a service area located in a county adjacent to the 
district.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.