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By:  Averitt                                                      S.B. No. 1451
	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 
May 3, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 3, 2005, sent 
to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1451                                   By:  Jackson


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the management of groundwater.                                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 35.009, Water Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as 
follows:
	(c)  The commission shall also give written notice of the 
date, time, place, and purpose of the hearing to:
		(1)  each state senator and state representative who 
represents any part of the area proposed for designation as a 
priority groundwater management area; and
		(2)  the governing body of each county, regional water 
planning group, adjacent groundwater district, municipality, river 
authority, water district, or other entity which supplies public 
drinking water, including each holder of a certificate of 
convenience and necessity issued by the commission, and of each 
irrigation district, located either in whole or in part in the 
priority groundwater management area or proposed priority 
groundwater management area.
	(d)  The notice required under Subsection (c) must be given 
before the 30th day preceding the date set for the hearing.
	SECTION 2.  Sections 36.111 and 36.112, Water Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 36.111.  RECORDS AND REPORTS.  (a)  A [The] district 
shall require that records be kept and reports be made of the 
drilling, equipping, and completing of water wells and of the 
production and use of groundwater.
	(b)  A district by rule may establish that the records and 
reports required under Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation 
rules or under Chapter 1901, Occupations Code, satisfy the 
requirements of Subsection (a).
	Sec. 36.112.  DRILLERS' LOGS.  (a)  A district shall require 
that accurate drillers' logs be kept of water wells and that copies 
of drillers' logs and electric logs be filed with the district.
	(b)  A district by rule may establish that the well log 
required under Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation rules 
or under Chapter 1901, Occupations Code, satisfies the requirements 
of Subsection (a).
	SECTION 3.  Subsection (a), Section 36.157, Water Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A district may pay all costs and expenses necessarily 
incurred in the creation and organization of a district, including 
legal fees and other incidental expenses, and may reimburse any 
person, including a county, for money advanced for these purposes.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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