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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a groundwater conservation district to |
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require a permit for the drilling or operation of a water well used |
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to supply water for the performance of a hydraulic fracturing |
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treatment on an oil or gas well. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.117, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The district may not provide an exemption to the |
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district's requirement to obtain a permit for a water well used to |
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supply water for: |
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(1) the performance of a hydraulic fracturing |
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treatment on an oil or gas well; or |
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(2) other activities related to the production of oil |
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or gas from a completed oil or gas well. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a well for which drilling is commenced on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A well for which drilling is commenced before the |
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effective date of this Act is subject to the law in effect |
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immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |