Bill Text: TX HB141 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to permit fees for groundwater wells imposed by the Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-10-12 - Filed [HB141 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB141-Introduced.html
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By: Ashby | H.B. No. 141 |
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relating to permit fees for groundwater wells imposed by the | ||
Southeast Texas Groundwater Conservation District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8868.153, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8868.153. PERMIT FEES. (a) The district by rule may | ||
impose a reasonable fee on each well that is not exempt from | ||
regulation by the district and for which a permit is issued by the | ||
district. | ||
(b) The fee must be based on the amount of water to be | ||
withdrawn from the well. | ||
(c) The fee may not exceed seven cents [ |
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thousand gallons of groundwater withdrawn for any purpose. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |