Bill Text: TX HB3577 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to permits for the production of groundwater in a designated brackish groundwater production zone in the Brush Country Groundwater Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB3577 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3577-Introduced.html
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 3577 |
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relating to permits for the production of groundwater in a | ||
designated brackish groundwater production zone in the Brush | ||
Country Groundwater Conservation District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 8852, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8852.109 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 8852.109. EFFECTS OF PRODUCTION FROM DESIGNATED | ||
BRACKISH GROUNDWATER PRODUCTION ZONE. (a) In reviewing an | ||
application for proposed production of groundwater from a well | ||
located in a designated brackish groundwater production zone | ||
identified under Section 16.060(b)(5), Water Code, the district | ||
shall determine whether the proposed production would have a | ||
negative effect on: | ||
(1) the availability of water in the district; | ||
(2) the conditions of any aquifer that overlies the | ||
district; | ||
(3) subsidence in the district; | ||
(4) existing permit holders or other groundwater users | ||
in the district; | ||
(5) any applicable approved regional water plan or | ||
certified district management plan; and | ||
(6) the desired future conditions of the aquifers | ||
within the district and the managed available groundwater for the | ||
aquifers. | ||
(b) If the district determines under Subsection (a) that the | ||
proposed production would have a negative effect, the district may | ||
impose on the permit requirements or limitations, in addition to | ||
the conditions authorized by Chapter 36, Water Code, that are | ||
designed to minimize the effect. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 8852.109, | ||
Special District Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, applies only | ||
to an application for production from a well submitted to a | ||
groundwater conservation district on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. An application submitted before the effective 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 3. 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 September 1, 2019. |