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withdrawn from the well and may not exceed $0.025 [$0.01] per 
thousand gallons for groundwater withdrawn for any purpose.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.