Bill Text: TX SB691 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption from permitting by groundwater conservation districts for certain water wells used for domestic, livestock, and poultry watering purposes.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-29 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB691 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB691-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 691 | ||
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| relating to the exemption from permitting by groundwater | ||
| conservation districts for certain water wells used for domestic, | ||
| livestock, and poultry watering purposes. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 36.117, Water Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) A district may not require any permit issued by the | ||
| district for: | ||
| (1) a well used solely for domestic use, or for | ||
| providing water for livestock or poultry, if the well is: | ||
| (A) located on a tract of land larger than 10 | ||
| acres; and | ||
| (B) [ |
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| equipped so that it is incapable of producing more than 25,000 | ||
| gallons of groundwater a day; | ||
| (2) the drilling of a water well used solely to supply | ||
| water for a rig that is actively engaged in drilling or exploration | ||
| operations for an oil or gas well permitted by the Railroad | ||
| Commission of Texas provided that the person holding the permit is | ||
| responsible for drilling and operating the water well and the well | ||
| is located on the same lease or field associated with the drilling | ||
| rig; or | ||
| (3) the drilling of a water well authorized under a | ||
| permit issued by the Railroad Commission of Texas under Chapter | ||
| 134, Natural Resources Code, or for production from such a well to | ||
| the extent the withdrawals are required for mining activities | ||
| regardless of any subsequent use of the water. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 691 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 29, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 691 passed the House on | ||
| April 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
