AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

C.S.S.B. 272 amends current law relating to water well recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including the production and use of groundwater.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1. Amends Section 36.111(a), Water Code, to require a groundwater conservation district (district) to keep and authorize the district to 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 and require the district to annually provide those records and reports to the Texas Water Development Board.

 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2013.