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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
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