Description of Petitioner(s) Real Property Interest in Groundwater in the District (attach
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4. Description of Petitioner(s) Real Property Interest in Groundwater in the District (attach proof of real property interest in groundwater located within the District for each petitioner): Cockrell is a landowner within the District. Cockrell/Belding Farms owns a 2,205 acre commercial pecan orchard consisting of approximately 77,000 trees. For its orchard, Cockrell utilizes its substantial water rights in the Edwards-Trinity Aquifer, which supports its pecan orchard. Cockrell currently has a Historic Existing Use Permit that was issued in July 2006 for 16 wells in the amount of 15,528.846 acre feet, which is used to, among other things, supply water/irrigation requirements for its pecan orchard consisting of approximately 77,000 trees. In fact, Cockrell’s 2,205-acre orchard is a part of 6,663.18 acres owned and leased by Cockrell. 0006 Petitioner(s) Information (Please include information for additional petitioners as appropriate). Petitioner #1: Cockrell Investment Partners, LP and Belding Farms, c/o Ryan C. Reed, Attorney__________ (210) 222-9494; rreed@pulmanlaw.com____________________________________________ First Name Last Name Phone Number Email Address Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen, LLP, 2161 NW Military Hwy, Suite 400, San Antonio, TX 78213 Physical Address City State Zip code Pulman, Cappuccio & Pullen, LLP, 2161 NW Military Hwy, Suite 400, San Antonio, TX 78213 Mailing Address /s/ Ryan C. Reed________________ Signature Date Petitioner #2: _________________ _________________ _________________________________________ First Name Last Name Phone Number Email Address _____________________________________________________________________________ Physical Address City State Zip code _____________________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address City State Zip code _____________________________________ ___________ ___________________________ Signature Date Petitioner #3: _________________ _________________ _________________ ________________________ First Name Last Name Phone Number Email Address _____________________________________________________________________________ Physical Address City State Zip code _____________________________________________________________________________ Mailing Address City State Zip code _____________________________________ ______________________________________ Signature Date Additional information may be attached to this form. 08/19/2024 0007 October 14, 2024 Page 5 Attachment No. 2 Copy of HB 3059 Amending Sections 36.122 & 36.207 regarding Export Fees and their use 0008 H.B.ANo.A3059 AN ACT relating to the export fee charged for the transfer of groundwater from a groundwater conservation district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTIONA1.AASection 36.122, Water Code, is amended by amending Subsections (e) and (p) and adding Subsections (e-1), (e-2), and (e-3) to read as follows: (e)AAExcept as provided by Subsection (e-1), the [The] district may impose an export fee or surcharge using one of the following methods: (1)AAa fee negotiated between the district and the exporter; (2)AAfor a tax-based district, a rate not to exceed 20 cents [the equivalent of the district ’s tax rate per hundred dollars of valuation] for each thousand gallons of water exported from the district [or 2.5 cents per thousand gallons of water, if the district assesses a tax rate of less than 2.5 cents per hundred dollars of valuation]; or (3)AAfor a fee-based district, a rate not to exceed the greater of 20 cents for each thousand gallons or a 50 percent surcharge, in addition to the district ’s production fee, for water exported from the district. (e-1)AAEffective January 1, 2024, the maximum allowable rate a district may impose for an export fee or sur