Bill Text: TX HB3903 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; providing authority to increase certain fees; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3903 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3903-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3903 |
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relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; | ||
providing authority to increase certain fees; authorizing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8843.051(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Directors serve staggered four-year [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 8843.053, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8843.053. ELECTION DATE. On the uniform election date | ||
in November [ |
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number of directors shall be elected. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 8843.103, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8843.103. WELL CONSTRUCTION NOTIFICATION | ||
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notify the district before [ |
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construction of a new well that is to be completed after September | ||
1, 2013 [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 8843.104, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding | ||
Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) Groundwater withdrawals from the [ |
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may not be regulated, permitted, or metered by the district: | ||
(1) a well used for domestic use by a single private | ||
residential household and incapable of producing more [ |
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25,000 gallons per day; and | ||
(2) a well used for conventional farming and ranching | ||
activities, including such intensive operations as aquaculture, | ||
livestock feedlots, or poultry operations. | ||
(b) The district may not charge or collect a well | ||
construction fee for [ |
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described by Subsection (a)(2). | ||
(b-1) A well owner must obtain a permit and pay any required | ||
fees, including a well construction fee, before using any | ||
groundwater withdrawn from a well for purposes other than those | ||
exempted by this section. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 8843.151, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8843.151. WELL CONSTRUCTION [ |
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district may charge and collect a new well construction [ |
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fee not to exceed $1,000 [ |
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SECTION 6. Subchapter D, Chapter 8843, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8843.1515 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 8843.1515. PERMIT RENEWAL APPLICATION FEE. The | ||
district may charge and collect a permit renewal application fee | ||
not to exceed $400. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 8843.152(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The district may levy and collect a water utility | ||
service connection fee not to exceed $1,000 [ |
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water service connection made after September 1, 2013 [ |
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SECTION 8. Sections 8843.102 and 8843.155, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 9. Section 8843.151, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a well for which | ||
construction begins on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
well for which construction begins before that date is governed by | ||
the law in effect when the construction began, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 10. The change in law made by Section 8843.1515, | ||
Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, applies only | ||
to an application for the renewal of a permit submitted to the Hays | ||
Trinity Groundwater Conservation District after September 1, 2013. | ||
An application submitted before that date is governed by the law in | ||
effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law | ||
is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 11. To establish staggered four-year terms of | ||
office as required by Sections 8843.051(b) and 8843.053, Special | ||
District Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act, a director elected | ||
in November 2012 shall serve a term expiring December 1, 2014, and a | ||
director elected in November 2013 shall serve a term expiring | ||
December 1, 2016. | ||
SECTION 12. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3903 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to | ||
H.B. No. 3903 on May 23, 2013, and requested the appointment of a | ||
conference committee to consider the differences between the two | ||
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report | ||
on H.B. No. 3903 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 137, | ||
Nays 2, 2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3903 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference | ||
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and | ||
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. | ||
3903 on May 26, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |