Bill Text: TX HB2420 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to exemptions from permitting by groundwater conservation districts of the drilling and operation of certain water wells.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-18 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2420 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2420-Comm_Sub.html
82R973 KYF-F | ||
By: King of Zavala, et al. | H.B. No. 2420 |
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relating to exemptions from permitting by groundwater conservation | ||
districts of the drilling and operation of certain water wells. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 36.117(b), 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. |