HB1690 - Relating to an application for a permit for the transfer of groundwater out of a groundwater conservation district.

      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                       __________________                 Governor