By: Perry S.B. No. 1745     (Burrows)           A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the equalization of the rates of production fees   charged on certain wells by the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer   Conservation District; authorizing an increase in the rate of the   fee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 8802.1045(g), Special District Local   Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:          (g)  This subsection applies only to a well located in the   shared territory described by Section 8802.0035.  Notwithstanding   Subsection (b), before September 1, 2023, the district may not   charge an annual production fee of more than 17 cents per thousand   gallons of water authorized to be produced under a permit from a   well under this subsection, if the water is permitted for any use   other than agricultural use. The district may increase the annual   production fee under this subsection by not more than 10 cents per   thousand gallons per year beginning on September 1, 2023, for water   permitted for nonagricultural purposes, until the annual   production fee is equal to the maximum amount set forth in   Subsection (b).          SECTION 2.  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, 2023.