By: Creighton S.B. No. 2406               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the authority of a hospital to drill a water well for   the purpose of producing water for use in the event of an emergency   or natural disaster in certain counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 311, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 311.005 to read as follows:          Sec. 311.005. WATER WELLS FOR USE IN EVENT OF EMERGENCY OR   NATURAL DISASTER IN CERTAIN COUNTIES.  (a)  This section applies   only to counties adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico and Sabine-Neches   River, with a population of at least 200,000 and less than 300,000   persons.           (b)  A hospital may drill a water well on property owned by   the hospital for the purpose of producing water to supplement the   hospital's water supply in the event that an emergency or natural   disaster prevents the hospital from receiving water from the   hospital's usual source.           (c)  This section does not affect the authority of a   groundwater conservation district to regulate groundwater   production under Chapter 36, Water Code, or other law governing a   groundwater conservation district.           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.