BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                 C.S.S.B. 839

79R11516 SGA-D                                                                                                     By: Wentworth

Natural Resources

4/4/2005

Committee Report (Substituted)

AUTHOR'S/SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Current Texas law states that domestic wells located on more than ten acres of land are exempt from the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District's (district) annual fees. 

C.S.S.B. 839  authorizes the district to collect a fee on all wells used for domestic purposes.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 3.0111(d), Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, as follows:

(d) Authorizes reasonable fees, as determined by the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation District, to be imposed on an annual basis on each nonexempt well and on each well exempt from permitting under Section 36.117(b)(1), Water Code.

SECTION 2.  Amends Section 11(d), Chapter 1349, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, to make a conforming change.

SECTION 3.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2005.