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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption of public water supply wells from |
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regulation, permitting, or metering by the Hays Trinity Groundwater |
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Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8843.104(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Groundwater withdrawals from the following wells may |
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not be regulated, permitted, or metered by the district: |
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(1) a well used for domestic use by a single private |
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residential household and incapable of producing more than 25,000 |
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gallons per day; [and] |
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(2) a well used for conventional farming and ranching |
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activities, including such intensive operations as aquaculture, |
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livestock feedlots, or poultry operations; and |
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(3) a public water supply well. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |