By: Perry S.B. No. 611
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of certain water well reports.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 36.111, Water Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 36.111.  RECORDS AND REPORTS; CONFIDENTIALITY.
         SECTION 2.  Section 36.111, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A groundwater withdrawal report submitted by the owner
  or operator of a privately owned water well to a district that
  requires withdrawal reporting under Subsection (b) is not subject
  to public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, if the
  owner or operator of the well submits a written request to the
  district in which the well is located to have the well's withdrawal
  reports treated as confidential information.  A district that
  receives a request for confidentiality may release groundwater
  production information contained in the reports only if the
  information is summarized in a manner that prevents the
  identification of individual well owners or operators or the parcel
  of land on which a well is located.  This subsection does not apply
  to a well that is owned or operated by a public entity, including a
  conservation and reclamation district operating under Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, or a municipality.
         SECTION 3.  Section 36.111, Water Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to a water well withdrawal report required to be
  filed with a groundwater conservation district on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.