79R3500 HLT-D
By: Blake H.B. No. 1981
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the amount of the fee that the Pineywoods Groundwater
Conservation District may impose on a well.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5(e), Chapter 1330, Acts of the 77th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows:
(e) The board of directors of the district by rule may
impose reasonable fees on each well for which a permit is issued by
the district and which is not exempt from regulation by the
district. The fee shall be based on the amount of water to be
withdrawn from the well and may not exceed $0.025 [$0.01] per
thousand gallons for groundwater withdrawn for any purpose.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a fee imposed on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee
imposed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect at the time the fee was imposed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. 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, 2005.