By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 3356

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015; May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 26, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 26, 2015, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to regulation of production of wells for retail public utilities by a groundwater conservation district.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 36.116(c), Water Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) In regulating the production of groundwater based on tract size or acreage, a district shall [may] consider the service needs or service area of the [a] retail public [water] utility. For the purposes of this subsection, "retail public [water] utility" has [shall have] the meaning assigned by [provided at] Section 13.002. A district may determine whether it is appropriate to base the production amount on a retail public utility's service needs or service area under this subsection.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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