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AN ACT
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relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of |
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groundwater out of 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 36.122, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) The district shall adopt rules requiring that notice |
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be given for an application filed to comply with this section. The |
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notice must be: |
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(1) paid for by the applicant; |
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(2) sent by certified mail to: |
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(A) each district that: |
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(i) is adjacent to the district considering |
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the application; and |
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(ii) overlies any portion of the aquifer |
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from which the groundwater would be produced; |
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(B) the commissioners court of each county: |
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(i) in which the district considering the |
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application is located; and |
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(ii) that overlies any portion of the |
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aquifer from which the groundwater would be produced; and |
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(C) the commissioners court of each county in |
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which a district that receives notice under Paragraph (A) is |
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located; and |
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(3) published in: |
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(A) a newspaper of general circulation in the |
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county in which the district considering the application is |
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located; and |
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(B) a newspaper of general circulation in each |
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county in which a district that receives notice under Subdivision |
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(2)(A) is located. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1690 was passed by the House on April |
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24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 4, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 1690 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 1, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1690 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |