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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; |
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providing authority to increase certain fees; authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8843.051(b), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Directors serve staggered four-year [two-year] terms. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8843.053, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8843.053. ELECTION DATE. On the uniform election date |
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in November [May] of each even-numbered year, the appropriate |
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number of directors shall be elected. |
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SECTION 3. Section 8843.103, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8843.103. WELL CONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION |
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[PERMIT]. Notwithstanding Section 8843.104, a landowner must |
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notify the district before [Except as provided by Sections
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8843.104(b) and (c), the district may require a permit for] the |
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construction of a new well that is to be completed after September |
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1, 2013 [2001]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 8843.104, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding |
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Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(a) Groundwater withdrawals from the [The] following wells |
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[are exempt from the requirements of Chapter 36, Water Code, and] |
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may not be regulated, permitted, or metered by the district: |
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(1) a well used for domestic use by a single private |
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residential household and incapable of producing more [less] than |
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25,000 gallons per day; and |
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(2) a well used for conventional farming and ranching |
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activities, including such intensive operations as aquaculture, |
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livestock feedlots, or poultry operations. |
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(b) The district may not charge or collect a well |
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construction fee for [require a permit to construct] a well |
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described by Subsection (a)(2). |
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(b-1) A well owner must obtain a permit and pay any required |
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fees, including a well construction fee, before using any |
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groundwater withdrawn from a well for purposes other than those |
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exempted by this section. |
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SECTION 5. Section 8843.151, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8843.151. WELL CONSTRUCTION [PERMIT] FEE. The |
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district may charge and collect a new well construction [permit] |
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fee not to exceed $1,000 [$300] for a new well [for which the
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district requires a permit under Section 8843.103]. |
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SECTION 6. Subchapter D, Chapter 8843, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8843.1515 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8843.1515. PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATION FEE. The |
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district may charge and collect a permit renewal application fee |
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not to exceed $400. |
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SECTION 7. Section 8843.152(b), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The district may levy and collect a water utility |
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service connection fee not to exceed $1,000 [$300] for each new |
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water service connection made after September 1, 2013 [2001]. |
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SECTION 8. Sections 8843.102 and 8843.155, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 9. Section 8843.151, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a well for which |
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construction begins on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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well for which construction begins before that date is governed by |
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the law in effect when the construction began, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 10. The change in law made by Section 8843.1515, |
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Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, applies only |
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to an application for the renewal of a permit submitted to the Hays |
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Trinity Groundwater Conservation District after September 1, 2013. |
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An application submitted before that date is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law |
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is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 11. To establish staggered four-year terms of |
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office as required by Sections 8843.051(b) and 8843.053, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act, a director elected |
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in November 2012 shall serve a term expiring December 1, 2014, and a |
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director elected in November 2013 shall serve a term expiring |
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December 1, 2016. |
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SECTION 12. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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