Bill Text: TX HB2832 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the North Fort Bend Water Authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-22 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB2832 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2832-Introduced.html
  84R12497 AAF-F
 
  By: Zerwas H.B. No. 2832
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers and duties of the North Fort Bend Water
  Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 8813.006, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other
  law, no territory may be annexed into or added to the authority
  that, at the time of annexation or addition, is located within the
  boundaries of both:
               (1)  another regional water authority created under
  Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
               (2)  a subsidence district.
         SECTION 2.  Section 8813.101, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  The authority is not a special water authority for
  purposes of Chapter 49, Water Code.
         SECTION 3.  Section 8813.104(b), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The authority may [shall] provide each district or
  municipality within its boundaries information regarding the share
  of the capital costs to be paid by the district or municipality, as
  determined by the authority, and may [shall] provide each district
  or municipality the opportunity, in a manner and by a procedure
  determined by the authority, to fund its share of the capital costs
  with proceeds from the sale of bonds or fees and charges collected
  by the districts or municipalities. A district or municipality may
  use any lawful source of revenue, including bond funds, to pay any
  sums due to the authority.
         SECTION 4.  Except as provided by this Act, the North Fort
  Bend Water Authority retains all the rights, powers, privileges,
  authority, duties, and functions that it had before the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 5.  (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
  acts and proceedings of the board of directors of the North Fort
  Bend Water Authority that were taken before the effective date of
  this Act.
         (b)  Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any
  matter that on the effective date of this Act:
               (1)  is involved in litigation if the litigation
  ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final
  judgment of a court; or
               (2)  has been held invalid by a final judgment of a
  court.
         SECTION 6.  Section 8813.006(g), Special District Local Laws
  Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an annexation or
  addition of land that is completed on or after the effective date of
  this Act. An annexation or addition of land that is completed before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
  the date the annexation or addition was completed, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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