SB 1611

relating to fees assessed by the Lost Pines Groundwater
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 8849.151, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8849.151.  [PUMPING] FEES.  (a)  The district may
assess production [regulatory pumping] fees under Section
36.205(c), Water Code, and export fees under Section 36.122, Water
Code [for water produced in or exported from the district].
(b)  The production [regulatory pumping] fees the district
assesses for water for crop or livestock production or other
agricultural uses may not exceed 20 percent of the rate applied to
(c)  Production [Regulatory pumping] fees [based on the
amount of water withdrawn from a well] may not exceed:
(1)  $1 for each acre-foot for water used to irrigate
(2)  17 cents for each thousand gallons for water used
[(d)  Combined regulatory pumping fees for production and
export of water may not exceed 17 cents for each thousand gallons
SECTION 2.  Mitigation payments and fees assessed before the
effective date of this Act are ratified, confirmed, and validated
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.