HB 2812
AN ACT relating to the exemption of public water supply wells from
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Exempts public water supply wells from regulation, permitting, or metering by the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. In addition to public water supply wells, the bill also maintains existing exemptions for domestic wells used by single residential households (producing less than 25,000 gallons per day) and wells used for conventional farming and ranching activities. The exemptions will go into effect on September 1, 2025, potentially reducing administrative oversight for water providers and agricultural operators in the specified district.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the exemption of public water supply wells from regulation, permitting, or metering by the Hays Trinity Groundwater BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 8843.104(a), Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Groundwater withdrawals from the following wells may not be regulated, permitted, or metered by the district: (1) a well used for domestic use by a single private residential household and incapable of producing more than 25,000 (2) a well used for conventional farming and ranching activities, including such intensive operations as aquaculture, livestock feedlots, or poultry operations; and (3) a public water supply well. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the exemption of public water supply wells from
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