By:  Wentworth                                                    S.B. No. 839


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Cow Creek Groundwater Conservation 
District to impose fees on certain wells.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (d), Section 3.0111, Chapter 966, 
Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(d)  Reasonable fees, as determined by the district, may 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.  The 
district shall adopt any rules necessary for the assessment and 
collection of fees under this subsection.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (d), Section 11, Chapter 1349, Acts 
of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read 
as follows:
	(d)  Reasonable fees, as determined by the district, may 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.  The 
district shall adopt any rules necessary for the assessment and 
collection of fees under this subsection.
	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.