Bill Text: TX HB1689 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 1689

Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain groundwater export fees collected by a groundwater conservation district.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2025-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/25 [HB1689 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1689-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 1689




	AN ACT
	relating to the use of certain groundwater export fees collected by
	a groundwater conservation district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 36.207, Water Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
	follows:
	(b) A district may use funds obtained from the amount that
	an export fee is increased under Section 36.122(e-1) on or after
	January 1, 2024, only for costs related to assessing and addressing
	impacts associated with groundwater development, including:
	(1) maintaining operability of wells significantly
	affected by groundwater development, including wells located
	outside the district;
	(2) developing or distributing alternative water
	supplies; and
	(3) conducting aquifer monitoring, data collection,
	and aquifer science.
	(c) A district may use funds described by Subsection (b) to
	maintain the operability of wells described by Subsection (b)(1)
	that are located in another district only if the district enters
	into an interlocal contract under Chapter 791, Government Code,
	with the other district authorizing the funds to be used for that
	purpose.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1689 was passed by the House on April
	24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1689 was passed by the Senate on May
	14, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor