Bill Text: TX SB1009 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to administrative completeness requirements for permit and permit amendment applications for groundwater conservation districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB1009 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1009-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1009 | ||
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| relating to administrative completeness requirements for permit | ||
| and permit amendment applications for groundwater conservation | ||
| districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 36.113(c), Water Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) A district may require that only the following be | ||
| included in the permit or permit amendment application, as | ||
| applicable under the rules of the district: | ||
| (1) the name and mailing address of the applicant and | ||
| the owner of the land on which the well will be located; | ||
| (2) if the applicant is other than the owner of the | ||
| property, documentation establishing the applicable authority to | ||
| construct and operate a well for the proposed use; | ||
| (3) a statement of the nature and purpose of the | ||
| proposed use and the amount of water to be used for each purpose; | ||
| (4) a water conservation plan or a declaration that | ||
| the applicant will comply with the district's management plan; | ||
| (5) the location of each well and the estimated rate at | ||
| which water will be withdrawn; | ||
| (6) a water well closure plan or a declaration that the | ||
| applicant will comply with well plugging guidelines and report | ||
| closure to the commission; [ |
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| (7) a drought contingency plan; and | ||
| (8) other information: | ||
| (A) included in a rule of the district in effect | ||
| on the date the application is submitted that specifies what | ||
| information must be included in an application for a determination | ||
| of administrative completeness; and | ||
| (B) reasonably related to an issue that a | ||
| district by law is authorized to consider. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 36.114(h), Water Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (h) An application is administratively complete if it | ||
| contains the [ |
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| require that additional information be included in an application | ||
| for a determination of administrative completeness. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1009 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0; and that | ||
| the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2017, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1009 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, | ||
| Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
