By: Staples S.B. No. 1899
(In the Senate - Filed April 4, 2003; April 7, 2003, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
May 2, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 2, 2003,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1899 By: Staples
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.
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