HB3433 - Relating to fees assessed by the Lost Pines Groundwater Conservation District.

  89R13392 JBD-F     By: Gerdes H.B. No. 3433       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to fees assessed by the Lost Pines Groundwater   Conservation District.          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   water for municipal uses.          (c)   Production [ Regulatory pumping ] fees [ based on the   amount of water withdrawn from a well ] may not exceed:                (1)  $1 for each acre-foot for water used to irrigate   agricultural crops; or                (2)  17 cents for each thousand gallons for water used   for any other purpose.          [ (d)     Combined regulatory pumping fees for production and   export of water may not exceed 17 cents for each thousand gallons   for water used. ]          SECTION 2.  Mitigation payments and fees assessed before the   effective date of this Act are ratified, confirmed, and validated   in all respects.          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.