Bill Text: TX HB645 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to regulation of production of wells for retail public utilities by a groundwater conservation district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-22 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB645 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB645-Introduced.html
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By: Lucio III | H.B. No. 645 |
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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 [ |
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needs or service area of the [ |
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the territory where production is regulated by the district. For | ||
the purposes of this subsection, "retail public utility" has [ |
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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, 2017. |