Bill Text: TX HB1718 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the equalization of the rates of production fees charged on certain wells by the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District; authorizing an increase in the rate of the fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-10 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB1718 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1718-Introduced.html
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By: Rodriguez | H.B. No. 1718 |
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relating to the equalization of the rates of production fees | ||
charged on certain wells by the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer | ||
Conservation District; authorizing an increase in the rate of the | ||
fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8802.1045(g), Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(g) This subsection applies only to a well located in the | ||
shared territory described by Section 8802.0035. Notwithstanding | ||
Subsection (b), before September 1, 2021, the district may not | ||
charge an annual production fee of more than 17 cents per thousand | ||
gallons of water authorized to be produced under a permit from a | ||
well under this subsection, if the water is permitted for any use | ||
other than agricultural use. The district may increase the annual | ||
production fee under this subsection by not more than 10 cents per | ||
thousand gallons per year beginning on September 1, 2021, for water | ||
permitted for nonagricultural purposes, until the annual | ||
production fee is equal to the maximum amount set forth in | ||
Subsection (b). | ||
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, 2021. |