HB4630 - Relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

      H.B. No. 4630         AN ACT   relating to the regulation of artesian water wells by the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 7.142(a) and (b), Water Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person commits an offense if the person violates:                (1)  Section 11.081;                (2)  Section 11.083;                (3)  Section 11.084;                (4)  Section 11.087;                (5)  Section 11.088;                (6)  Section 11.089;                (7)  Section 11.090;                (8)  Section 11.091;                (9)  Section 11.092;                (10)  Section 11.093;                (11)  Section 11.094;                (12)  Section 11.096; or                (13)  [ Section 11.203; or                [ (14) ]  Section 11.205.          (b)  An offense under Subsection (a)(9), (a)(10), or (a)(13)   [ (a)(14) ] is punishable under Section 7.187(a)(1)(A) or (2)(B)   [ Section 7.187(1)(A) or Section 7.187(2)(B) ] or both.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter F, Chapter 11, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 11.2011 to read as follows:           Sec.   11.2011.     APPLICABILITY. This subchapter, other than   Sections 11.202(c) and 11.206, applies only to an artesian well   drilled outside the boundaries of a groundwater conservation   district, subsidence district, or other conservation and   reclamation district with the authority to regulate the drilling,   spacing, or production of water wells.          SECTION 3.  The following provisions of the Water Code are   repealed:                (1)  Sections 11.202(d) and (e);                (2)  Section 11.203;                (3)  Section 11.204; and                (4)  Section 11.207.          SECTION 4.  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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4630 was passed by the House on May   16, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 121, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4630 was passed by the Senate on May   28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor