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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District; |
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providing authority to increase certain fees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8843.051(b), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Directors serve staggered four-year [two-year] terms. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8843.053, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8843.053. ELECTION DATE. On the uniform election date |
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in November [May] of each even-numbered year, the appropriate |
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number of directors shall be elected. |
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SECTION 3. Section 8843.104(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The following wells are exempt from the requirements of |
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Chapter 36, Water Code, and may not be regulated, permitted, or |
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metered by the district: |
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(1) a well used for domestic use by a single private |
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residential household and producing not more [less] than 15,000 |
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[25,000] gallons per day; and |
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(2) a well used for conventional farming and ranching |
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activities, including such intensive operations as aquaculture, |
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livestock feedlots, or poultry operations. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter C, Chapter 8843, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8843.107 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8843.107. HIGH VOLUME WELLS. (a) In this section, |
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"high volume well" means a well that is capable of producing more |
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than 15,000 gallons a day for any use. |
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(b) An application for a permit to operate in the district a |
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high volume well that is not exempt under Section 8843.104 must |
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include: |
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(1) the name and mailing address of all persons who own |
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property within one-quarter mile of the well site; and |
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(2) proof that the owner or operator requesting the |
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permit has provided notice to all persons listed in Subdivision (1) |
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according to the form prescribed by the board. |
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SECTION 5. Section 8843.151, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8843.151. WELL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FEE. The district |
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may charge and collect a construction permit fee not to exceed |
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$1,000 [$300] for a well for which the district requires a permit |
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under Section 8843.103. |
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SECTION 6. Section 8843.152(b), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The district may levy and collect a water utility |
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service connection fee not to exceed $1,000 [$300] for each new |
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water service connection made after September 1, 2001. |
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SECTION 7. Sections 8843.102 and 8843.155, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 8. Not later than three months after the effective |
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date of this Act, the board of directors of the Hays Trinity |
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Groundwater Conservation District shall adopt rules to implement |
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Section 8843.107, Special District Local Laws Code, as added by |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 9. To establish staggered four-year terms of office |
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as required by Sections 8843.051(b) and 8843.053, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, as amended by this Act, a director elected in |
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November 2012 shall serve a term expiring December 1, 2014, and a |
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director elected in November 2013 shall serve a term expiring |
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December 1, 2016. |
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SECTION 10. This Act takes effect immediately if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate |
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effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |