By: Carona	S.B. No. 1387
	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2013; March 18, 2013, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
	April 11, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 1; April 11, 2013,
	sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1387	By:  Hegar

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to water well drillers and pump installers; changing fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 1901.001, Occupations Code, is amended
	by adding Subdivision (13-a) and amending Subdivision (16) to read
	as follows:
	(13-a)  "Third-party inspector" means a qualified
	employee of a state agency with jurisdiction over wells who assists
	the department with enforcement activities.
	(16)  "Well" means a water well, injection well,
	dewatering well, closed-loop geothermal well, or monitoring well.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1901, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 1901.056 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1901.056.  REGIONAL WELL INSPECTION PROGRAM. (a)  The
	commission by rule shall establish a regional well inspection
	program using third-party inspectors.
	(b)  Rules adopted under Subsection (a) shall establish:
	(1)  training requirements for a third-party
	inspector;
	(2)  registration procedures for a third-party
	inspector; and
	(3)  policies governing the acts of a third-party
	inspector in conducting an inspection or investigation.
	SECTION 3.  Section 1901.152, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 1901.152.  LICENSE APPLICATION[; EXAMINATION FEE].
	[(a)]  An applicant [application] for a license must submit to the
	department [contain]:
	(1)  an application that includes:
	(A)  the applicant's name;
	(B) [(2)]  the applicant's business address;
	(C) [(3)]  the applicant's permanent mailing
	address; and
	(D) [(4)]  any other relevant information
	required by the department; and[.]
	(2) [(b)  An applicant must pay to the department] an
	application [examination] fee [at the time the application is
	submitted].
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1901, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 1901.153 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1901.153.  APPRENTICE DRILLER PROGRAM.  The commission
	by rule shall establish an apprentice driller program.
	SECTION 5.  Subsection (a), Section 1901.201, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall offer examinations for a license
	under this chapter [at least once each year].
	SECTION 6.  Subsection (a), Section 1901.251, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  Each driller who drills, deepens, or otherwise alters a
	[water] well in this state shall make and keep a legible and
	accurate well log in accordance with rules adopted by the
	commission and on forms prescribed by the executive director.  The
	well log shall be recorded at the time of drilling, deepening, or
	otherwise altering the well and must contain:
	(1)  the depth, thickness, and character of the strata
	penetrated;
	(2)  the location of water-bearing strata;
	(3)  the depth, size, and character of casing
	installed; and
	(4)  any other information required by rules adopted by
	the commission.
	SECTION 7.  Subchapter I, Chapter 1901, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 1901.405 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1901.405.  THIRD-PARTY INSPECTORS; ENFORCEMENT. The
	department may contract with a third-party inspector to assist in
	the enforcement of this chapter or a rule adopted under this
	chapter, including rules governing the performance of inspections
	and the conduct of investigations.
	SECTION 8.  Section 1902.152, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 1902.152.  LICENSE APPLICATION[; EXAMINATION FEE].
	[(a)]  An applicant [application] for a license must submit to the
	department [contain]:
	(1)  an application that includes:
	(A)  the applicant's name;
	(B) [(2)]  the applicant's business address;
	(C) [(3)]  the applicant's permanent mailing
	address; and
	(D) [(4)]  any other information required by the
	department; and[.]
	(2)  [(b)  An applicant must pay to the department] an
	application [examination] fee [at the time the application is
	submitted].
	SECTION 9.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1902, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 1902.153 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1902.153.  APPRENTICE PUMP INSTALLER PROGRAM.  The
	commission by rule shall establish an apprentice pump installer
	program.
	SECTION 10.  Subsection (a), Section 1902.201, Occupations
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The department shall offer examinations for a license
	under this chapter [at least once each month].
	SECTION 11.  The following provisions of the Occupations
	Code are repealed:
	(1)  Subsection (b), Section 1901.201; and
	(2)  Subsection (b), Section 1902.201.
	SECTION 12.  Not later than April 1, 2014, the Texas
	Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to
	implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapters 1901 and
	1902, Occupations Code.
	SECTION 13.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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