Bill Text: TX SB1314 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a person obtaining a surety bond before filing a suit against a groundwater conservation district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Water, Agriculture, & Rural Affairs [SB1314 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1314-Introduced.html
| 87R11835 MP-F | ||
| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1314 | |
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| relating to a person obtaining a surety bond before filing a suit | ||
| against a groundwater conservation district. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 36, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 36.2515 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 36.2515. SURETY BOND REQUIRED. A person shall obtain a | ||
| surety bond before filing a suit under Section 36.251. The surety | ||
| bond must cover all legal costs associated with the suit, | ||
| including: | ||
| (1) costs that may be incurred by the district and | ||
| applicant; and | ||
| (2) the cost of a hearing before the State Office of | ||
| Administrative Hearings if requested. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a suit against a groundwater conservation district that is filed on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. A suit against a | ||
| groundwater conservation district that is filed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the suit is filed, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
