By:  Cook of Colorado                                             H.B. No. 3123



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of groundwater conservation district 
rules to the state.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 36.101(a), Water Code, is amended to 
read as follows:    
	(a)  A district may make and enforce rules, including rules 
limiting groundwater production based on tract size or the spacing 
of wells, to provide for conserving, preserving, protecting, and 
recharging of the groundwater or of a groundwater reservoir or its 
subdivisions in order to control subsidence, prevent degradation of 
water quality, or prevent waste of groundwater and to carry out the 
powers and duties provided by this chapter.  During the rulemaking 
process the board shall consider all groundwater uses and needs and 
shall develop rules which are fair and impartial.  Rules adopted by 
a district apply to wells located on land owned by the state.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.