HBA-NMO, RBT H.B. 3330 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3330 By: Walker Natural Resources 8/10/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE H.B. 3330 modifies the grounds for water well driller license revocation, suspension, and reprimand. This bill modifies the enforcement process and allows administrative penalties for violations. This bill also provides that all money collected under this chapter is to be deposited to the water well drillers account in the general revenue fund. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 32.002, Water Code, by adding Subsection (k), as follows: (k) Provides that this section (License Required) does not apply to a person who drills, bores, cores, or constructs a dewatering well or system to remove water for the purposes of constructing a highway, road, bridge, drainage, or underground utility project. SECTION 2. Amends Section 32.010, Water Code, by adding Subsection (b), as follows: (b) Provides that grounds for revocation, suspension, or reprimand of a water well driller's license include intentionally misstating or misrepresenting a fact on an application or well log or to a person for whom a well is being drilled, deepened, or otherwise altered; failing to keep and transmit well logs; failing to advise a person for whom a well is being drilled of specified hazards, or failing to complete a well in accordance with standards and procedures. SECTION 3. Amends Section 32.011, Water Code, by adding Subsection (c), as follows: (c) Authorizes the assessment of an administrative penalty only after the person charged with a violation has been given an opportunity for a public hearing. SECTION 4. Amends Section 32.014(b), Water Code, as amended by Chapters 333 and 1077, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, to require that money collected under this chapter is to be deposited to the credit of the water well drillers account, rather than the commission occupational licensing account. SECTION 5. Amends Section 32.012(b), Water Code, as amended by Chapters 333 and 1077, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, to require that money collected under this chapter is to be deposited to the credit of the water well drillers account, rather than the commission occupational licensing account. SECTION 6. Amends Section 33.002, Water Code, by adding Subsection (j), as follows: (j) Provides that this section (License Required) does not apply to a person who installs or repairs well pumps and equipment to remove water for the purposes of constructing a highway, road, bridge, drainage, or underground utility project. SECTION 7. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.