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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) In regulating the production of groundwater based on |
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tract size or acreage, a district shall [may] consider the |
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aggregate acreage owned by the retail public utility and the retail |
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public utility's customers inside the district and may subtract |
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permitted wells from that acreage [service needs or service area of
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a retail public utility]. For the purposes of this subsection, |
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"retail public utility" has [shall have] the meaning assigned |
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[provided] by Section 13.002. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |