85R231 GRM-F     By: Lucio III H.B. No. 645       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 service   needs or service area of the [a] retail public utility that serves   the territory where production is regulated by the district.  For   the purposes of this subsection, "retail public utility" has [shall   have] the meaning assigned [provided] by Section 13.002.  A   district may determine whether it is appropriate to base the   production amount on a retail public utility's service needs or   service area under this subsection.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.