85R3712 GRM-F     By: Lucio III H.B. No. 1318       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to regulation of production of wells for retail public   utilities by a groundwater conservation district.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 36.116(c), Water Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  In regulating the production of groundwater based on   tract size or acreage, a district shall [may] consider the   aggregate acreage owned by the retail public utility and the retail   public utility's customers inside the district and may subtract   permitted wells from that acreage [service needs or service area of   a retail public utility]. For the purposes of this subsection,   "retail public utility" has [shall have] the meaning assigned   [provided] by Section 13.002.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.