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§ 8859.056 — Texas Law | CourtGPT
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  9. § 8859.056
Texas Legal Code
(a) A majority of the board membership constitutes a quorum for any meeting and a concurrence of a majority of the board shall be sufficient to transact district business, except as provided by Subsection (b).(b) A concurrence of not fewer than six directors is required for transacting the following district business:(1) establishing or amending a groundwater production fee assessed by the district based on the amount of groundwater authorized by permit to be withdrawn from a well or on the amount of water actually withdrawn from a well;(2) adopting the annual budget of the district; and(3) except as provided by Subsection (c), granting or denying a permit or permit amendment for a well that is intended to produce water within the district which will be transported in any amount for use outside the boundaries of the district.(c) A concurrence of a majority of the board is sufficient to grant or deny a permit or permit amendment submitted by a retail public utility that provides retail water service in the district and intends to:(1) produce water from a well located:(A) within the district; and(B) inside the boundaries

ment submitted by a retail public utility that provides retail water service in the district and intends to:(1) produce water from a well located:(A) within the district; and(B) inside the boundaries or a certificated service area of a retail public utility; and(2) transport the water outside the district, so long as the water is used within the same certificated service area or boundary of the retail public utility. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 884 (S.B. 2529), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

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