TO: | Honorable Troy Fraser, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | SB272 by Seliger (Relating to water well recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including the production, use, and withdrawal of groundwater.), As Introduced |
The bill would amend the Water Code to require the Water Development Board (WDB), after consulting with the groundwater conservation districts (GWCD), to adopt rules requiring the owner or operator of certain water wells to report well withdrawals to the GWCDs or directly to the WDB, if the well is not located in a GWCD. The WDB anticipates any rulemaking requirements as a result of the bill could be accomplished within the agency’s existing resources.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2013.
Source Agencies: | 580 Water Development Board
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LBB Staff: | UP, SZ, TB
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