Texas HB 1690: Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

Bill Text

89(R) HB 1690 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.B. No. 1690

  

  

  

  

 AN ACT

  

 relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of 

  

 groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

  

        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

  

        SECTION 1.  Section 36.122, Water Code, is amended by adding 

  

 Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:

  

        (d-1)  The district shall adopt rules requiring that notice 

  

 be given for an application filed to comply with this section. The 

  

 notice must be:

  

              (1)  paid for by the applicant;

  

              (2)  sent by certified mail to:

  

                    (A)  each district that:

  

                          (i)  is adjacent to the district considering 

  

 the application; and

  

                          (ii)  overlies any portion of the aquifer 

  

 from which the groundwater would be produced;

  

                    (B)  the commissioners court of each county:

  

                          (i)  in which the district considering the 

  

 application is located; and

  

                          (ii)  that overlies any portion of the 

  

 aquifer from which the groundwater would be produced; and

  

                    (C)  the commissioners court of each county in 

  

 which a district that receives notice under Paragraph (A) is 

  

 located; and

  

              (3)  published in:

  

                    (A)  a newspaper of general circulation in the 

  

 county in which the district considering the application is 

  

 located; and

  

                    (B)  a newspaper of general circulation in each 

  

 county in which a district that receives notice under Subdivision 

  

 (2)(A) is located.

  

        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

  

  

  
 ______________________________
 ______________________________

  
    President of the Senate
 Speaker of the House     

  

  

   

        I certify that H.B. No. 1690 was passed by the House on April 

   

 24, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 4, 2 present, not 

   

 voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 

   

 No. 1690 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 1, 

   

 1 present, not voting.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Chief Clerk of the House   

  

   

        I certify that H.B. No. 1690 was passed by the Senate, with 

   

 amendments, on May 27, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 

   

 1.

   

   

 ______________________________

   

 Secretary of the Senate   

   

 APPROVED: __________________

   

                 Date       

   

  

   

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