By: Seliger S.B. No. 728

(In the Senate - Filed February 16, 2011; February 23, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; March 23, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 23, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a groundwater conservation district's recovery of expenses in closing or capping a well.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 36.118, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:

(e-1) In addition to other remedies provided by law, the district is entitled to recover the district's attorney's fees, court costs, and reasonable expenses incurred in closing or capping the well from the owner of the land on which the well is located.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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