By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Perry)	H.B. No. 3356
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2015;
	May 13, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 26, 2015, reported
	favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 26, 2015, sent
	to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to regulation of production of wells for retail public
	utilities by a groundwater conservation district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 36.116(c), Water Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c)  In regulating the production of groundwater based on
	tract size or acreage, a district shall [may] consider the service
	needs or service area of the [a] retail public [water] utility. For
	the purposes of this subsection, "retail public [water] utility"
	has [shall have] the meaning assigned by [provided at] Section
	13.002. A district may determine whether it is appropriate to base
	the production amount on a retail public utility's service needs or
	service area under this subsection.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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