Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Unless exempt under this chapter or Chapter 36, Water Code, the board may establish by schedule and impose:
(1) a production fee based on the amount of groundwater authorized by permit to be withdrawn from a well or the amount of groundwater actually withdrawn from a well in an amount not to exceed 17 cents per thousand gallons;(2) an export fee for groundwater transferred out of the district in an amount not to exceed 150 percent of the maximum wholesale water rate charged by the City of Houston; and(3) other fees as authorized by Chapter 36, Water Code.Tex. Spec. Dist. Loc. Laws § 8826.151
Amended By Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91, Sec. 22.021(b), eff. 9/1/2011.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139, Sec. 1.05, eff. 4/1/2011.