By: Wentworth S.B. No. 839
(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2005; March 10, 2005, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
April 6, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 6, 2005,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 839 By: Jackson
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.
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