Bill Text: TX HB3865 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-20 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB3865 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3865-Introduced.html
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By: Isaac | H.B. No. 3865 |
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relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 3.0305(a), Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The following wells are exempt from the requirements of | ||
Chapter 36, Water Code, and may not be regulated, permitted, or | ||
metered by the district: | ||
(1) a well used for domestic use by a single private | ||
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(2) a well used for conventional farming and ranching | ||
activities, including such intensive operations as aquaculture, | ||
livestock feedlots, or poultry operations. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 3.0307, Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended by amending | ||
Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
(d) Permanent directors serve staggered four-year | ||
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(i) A director may not serve more than two consecutive | ||
four-year terms. A former director may serve a third or subsequent | ||
term if that director has not served for four years. A former | ||
director who has not served for four years may be appointed to fill | ||
a vacancy on the board and, if elected, may serve two full terms | ||
after the expiration of the term to fill the vacancy. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 3.0310, Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows: | ||
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SECTION 4. Sections 3.0312(a) and (b), Chapter 966, Acts of | ||
the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, are amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Sections 3.0305(b) and (c) of this | ||
part, the district may require a permit for the construction of a | ||
new well completed after the effective date of this Act and may | ||
charge and collect a construction permit fee not to exceed $1,000 | ||
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(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 the effective date of this Act. | ||
This subsection does not apply to a water utility that has surface | ||
water as its sole source of water. | ||
SECTION 5. Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2001, is amended by adding Part 3A to read as | ||
follows: | ||
PART 3A. CERTAIN POWERS OF THE HAYS TRINITY GROUNDWATER | ||
CONSERVATION DISTRICT | ||
Sec. 3A.0351. DEFINITIONS. In this part: | ||
(1) "Board" means the board of directors of the | ||
district. | ||
(2) "District" means the Hays Trinity Groundwater | ||
Conservation District. | ||
Sec. 3A.0352. HIGH VOLUME WELLS. (a) In this section, | ||
"high volume well" means a well that is capable of producing more | ||
than 15,000 gallons per day for any use. | ||
(b) An application for a permit to operate a high volume | ||
well in the district must include: | ||
(1) the name and mailing address of all persons who own | ||
property within one-quarter mile of the well site; and | ||
(2) proof that the owner or operator requesting the | ||
permit has provided notice to all persons listed in Subdivision (1) | ||
according to the form prescribed by the board. | ||
SECTION 6. Sections 3.0304(d) and 3.0306(b), Chapter 966, | ||
Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 7. Not later than three months after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the board of directors of the Hays Trinity | ||
Groundwater Conservation District shall adopt rules to implement | ||
Part 3A, Chapter 966, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2001, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 8. (a) Section 3.0310, Chapter 966, Acts of the | ||
77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, as amended by this Act, | ||
applies only to a member of the board of directors of the Hays | ||
Trinity Groundwater Conservation District elected on or after | ||
September 1, 2011. | ||
(b) A member of the board of directors of the Hays Trinity | ||
Groundwater Conservation District elected in May 2010 serves a | ||
two-year term. | ||
(c) A member of the board of directors of the Hays Trinity | ||
Groundwater Conservation District elected in May 2011 serves a | ||
three-year term. | ||
SECTION 9. 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, 2011. |