LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
FISCAL NOTE, 83RD LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
March 27, 2013

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 and use of groundwater.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Water Code to require a groundwater conservation districts (GWCD) to keep any records that it may require of the drilling, equipping and completing of water wells, and of the production and use of groundwater.  Under bill provisions, should a GWCD require such records, the GWCD would be required to provide those records and reports to the Texas Water Development Board on an annual basis.
 
The bill would take effect September 1, 2013.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.


Source Agencies:
580 Water Development Board
LBB Staff:
UP, TB, SZ