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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to regulation of production of wells for retail public |
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utilities by a groundwater conservation district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.116(c), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2) as it relates to the |
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tract size or acreage of a well site owned by a retail public |
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utility [In regulating the production of groundwater based on tract
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size or acreage], a district shall determine the production amount |
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for a retail public utility that provides retail water service |
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inside the district by considering [may consider] the service needs |
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or service area of the [a] retail public [water] utility. For the |
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purposes of this subsection, "retail public [water] utility" has |
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[shall have] the meaning assigned by [provided at] Section 13.002. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |