Bill Text: TX SB595 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the power of the North Fort Bend Water Authority to impose a charge on certain wells or classes of wells.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB595 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB595-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 595 | ||
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| relating to the power of the North Fort Bend Water Authority to | ||
| impose a charge on certain wells or classes of wells. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 8813.103, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection | ||
| (e-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) For purposes of Subsection (d), a well is subject to a | ||
| groundwater reduction requirement if the Harris-Galveston | ||
| Subsidence District or the Fort Bend Subsidence District, as | ||
| applicable, [ |
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| requirement or rule that groundwater withdrawals from the well, or | ||
| from the well and other wells collectively, be reduced, including a | ||
| groundwater reduction that is not required until a future date. | ||
| (e-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the authority may | ||
| impose a charge under Subsection (b) on a well or class of wells | ||
| located in Harris or Fort Bend County that, on or after February 1, | ||
| 2013: | ||
| (1) ceases to be subject to a groundwater reduction | ||
| requirement imposed by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District or | ||
| the Fort Bend Subsidence District, as applicable; or | ||
| (2) is no longer subject to the regulatory provisions, | ||
| permitting requirements, or jurisdiction of the Harris-Galveston | ||
| Subsidence District or the Fort Bend Subsidence District, as | ||
| applicable. | ||
| SECTION 2. The North Fort Bend Water Authority retains all | ||
| rights, powers, privileges, authorities, duties, and functions | ||
| that it had before the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all | ||
| governmental acts and proceedings of the North Fort Bend Water | ||
| Authority that were taken before the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the | ||
| effective date of this Act: | ||
| (1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
| ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court | ||
| judgment; or | ||
| (2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
| SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to | ||
| introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this | ||
| Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a | ||
| copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, | ||
| officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished | ||
| under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has | ||
| submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality. | ||
| (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed | ||
| its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives within the required time. | ||
| (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this | ||
| state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect | ||
| to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled | ||
| and accomplished. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 595 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 595 passed the House on | ||
| May 2, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 3, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
