Bill Text: TX SB1197 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to fees charged by the Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation District; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB1197 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1197-Introduced.html
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| By: Perry | S.B. No. 1197 | |
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| relating to fees charged by the Rolling Plains Groundwater | ||
| Conservation District; authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 8867.103, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection | ||
| (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The district may assess fees under Section 36.122(e) or | ||
| 36.205(c), Water Code, in an annual amount not to exceed: | ||
| (1) $1 per acre-foot of water used for agricultural | ||
| use; [ |
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| (2) 17 cents per thousand gallons of water used for any | ||
| other purpose; or | ||
| (3) notwithstanding any limitations on the amount of | ||
| an export fee or surcharge authorized under Section 36.122(e), | ||
| Water Code, 150 percent of the maximum commercial water rate | ||
| charged by the City of Wichita Falls for groundwater exported from | ||
| the district. | ||
| (c) The district may use funds obtained from an export fee | ||
| imposed under Subsection (a)(3) only to enhance: | ||
| (1) aquifer monitoring, modeling, and data | ||
| collection; and | ||
| (2) research to advance the scientific understanding | ||
| of the district's groundwater resources. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
