Bill Text: TX HB2654 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District to regulate certain water wells.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-29 - Left pending in committee [HB2654 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2654-Introduced.html
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By: Elkins | H.B. No. 2654 |
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relating to the authority of the Harris-Galveston Subsidence | ||
District to regulate certain water wells. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8801.152, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8801.152. CERTAIN GROUNDWATER USES EXEMPT. (a) The | ||
permit requirements of this chapter do not apply to: | ||
(1) a well regulated under Chapter 27, Water Code; | ||
(2) a well with a casing diameter of less than five | ||
inches that serves only a single-family dwelling; | ||
(3) a well that complies with Subsection (b); and | ||
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(b) Notwithstanding any district rules applicable to a well | ||
that serves only a single-family dwelling, a landowner may drill | ||
and operate a well if: | ||
(1) the well is located on the same property on which | ||
the landowner's single-family dwelling is located; | ||
(2) the well has a casing diameter of less than five | ||
inches and is drilled not deeper than 150 feet; | ||
(3) water from the well is used only for outdoor | ||
watering of landscape plantings on the property; and | ||
(4) the property served by the well has received Texas | ||
Wildscapes certification from the Parks and Wildlife Department. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 8801.152(b), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a well for which | ||
drilling is commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
well for which drilling is commenced before the effective date of | ||
this Act is subject to the law in effect on the date drilling is | ||
commenced, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |