Bill Text: TX HB4049 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a production fee on certain non-exempt wells in the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-18 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [HB4049 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4049-Introduced.html
| By: Isaac | H.B. No. 4049 | |
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| relating to authorizing a production fee on certain non-exempt | ||
| wells in the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 8843, Special District | ||
| Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8843.1516 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 8843.1516. PRODUCTION FEE. The district by rule may | ||
| charge and collect a production fee not to exceed 10 cents for each | ||
| thousand gallons of groundwater permitted from a non-exempt | ||
| commercial well in the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 8843.153, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8843.153. TAXES AND OTHER FEES PROHIBITED. | ||
| Notwithstanding Section 8843.101 or Subchapter G, Chapter 36, Water | ||
| Code, the district may not: | ||
| (1) impose a tax; or | ||
| (2) assess or collect any fees except as authorized by | ||
| this subchapter [ |
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| SECTION 3. Section 8843.1516, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, as added by this Act, applies only to groundwater produced on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
