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.)
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  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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