Sec. 8821.152.  DISTRICT REVENUES.  (a)  The district by rule, resolution, or order may establish, amend, pledge, encumber, expend the proceeds from, and assess to any person fees for services or production fees based on the amount of groundwater authorized by permit to be withdrawn from a well, or on the amount of water actually withdrawn, to enable the district to fulfill its purposes and regulatory functions as provided by this chapter.  The district may use revenues generated by fees it assesses for any lawful purpose.
(b)  Notwithstanding any provision of general law to the contrary, a fee authorized by Subsection (a) may not exceed:
(1)  $1 per acre-foot annually for groundwater used for agricultural purposes; or
(2)  30 cents per thousand gallons annually for groundwater used for nonagricultural purposes.
(c)  Notwithstanding any provision of general law or this chapter to the contrary, if any, the district may assess a production fee under this section for groundwater produced from a well or class of wells exempt from permitting under Section 36.117, Water Code, except for a well exempt from permitting under Section 36.117(b)(1), Water Code.  A production fee assessed by the district under this subsection must be based on the amount of groundwater actually withdrawn from the well and may not exceed the amount established by the district for permitted uses under Subsection (b)(2) of this section.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1345 (S.B. 1985), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1248 (S.B. 2513), Sec. 6, eff. June 19, 2009.