By: Nichols S.B. No. 1055

(In the Senate - Filed February 3, 2025; February 24, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and Rural Affairs; April 15, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 15, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to permit fees for groundwater wells imposed by the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District.

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

SECTION 1. Section 8868.153(c), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) The fee may not exceed seven cents [one cent] per thousand gallons of groundwater withdrawn for any purpose.

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, 2025.

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