Bill Text: TX SB1009 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

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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

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S.B. No. 1009

AN ACT
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which water will be withdrawn;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; [and]
(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 [application requires] information set forth under [in
accordance with] Sections 36.113 and 36.1131. A district shall not
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.
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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.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor