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
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| By: Zerwas | H.B. No. 2832 | |
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| 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 [ |
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| 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 [ |
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| 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. | ||
