By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Flores) H.B. No. 1699

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 11, 2023; April 12, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government; May 15, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 15, 2023, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1699 By: West

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Evergreen Underground Water Conservation District to impose certain fees.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 197, Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, is amended by adding Section 22A to read as follows:

Sec. 22A. FEES. (a) The Board may impose:

(1) a combined production and export fee on water exported from the District in an amount not to exceed 20 cents for each thousand gallons of water exported from the District; and

(2) other fees as authorized by Chapter 36, Water Code.

(b) A fee collected under Subsection (a)(1) of this section may only be used:

(1) to maintain the operability of wells significantly affected by groundwater export projects; and

(2) as authorized by Section 36.122(l), Water Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023.

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