Texas legislation · 89th Legislature 1st Special Session
Texas SB74: Relating to the regulation of groundwater produced in the boundaries of a groundwater conservation district.
Status: Introduced, August 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to the regulation of groundwater produced in the boundaries of a groundwater conservation district.
From the introduced text, August 13, 2025:
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the regulation of groundwater produced in the boundaries of a groundwater conservation district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 36.1132, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: [ADDED: (d)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: A district may not issue a permit after December 1, ] [ADDED: 2025, to an applicant for the production and transfer out of the ] [ADDED: district of groundwater if the issuance of the permit would ] [ADDED: authorize the applicant to produce and transfer out of the district ] [ADDED: a total amount of groundwater, considering all permits issued by ] [ADDED: the district to the applicant, a subsidiary of the applicant, or an ] [ADDED: entity owned or controlled by the applicant, in an amount that would ] [ADDED: exceed five percent of the total modeled available groundwater ] [ADDED: apportioned to the district as determined by the executive ] [ADDED: administrator.] SECTION 2. Section 36.122, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows: [ADDED: (t)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: If an application for a permit or an amendment to a ] [ADDED: permit under Section 36.113 proposes the transfer of groundwater ] [ADDED: outside of a district's boundaries produced from a well …
Sponsors
- Robert Nichols (R, SD-003) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Filed
- : Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Subjects: Special Districts & Authorities--Groundwater Conserve Dist., PERMITS, Water--General, Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility
Common questions
- What is SB74?
- SB74 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature 1st Special Session): Relating to the regulation of groundwater produced in the boundaries of a groundwater conservation district.
- What does SB74 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the regulation of groundwater produced in the boundaries of a groundwater conservation district.
- What is the status of SB74?
- Introduced as of August 13, 2025. Latest action: Filed (August 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB74?
- Robert Nichols (R, SD-003).
- Where is the official record for SB74?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=891&Bill=SB00074
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