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