Bill Text: TX HB5373 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective immediately [HB5373 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5373-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-13 - Effective immediately [HB5373 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5373-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Canales | H.B. No. 5373 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5373: | |||
By: King of Uvalde | C.S.H.B. No. 5373 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Drainage | ||
District No. 1. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 6609 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 6609. HIDALGO COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1 | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 6609.0101. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" | ||
means the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1. | ||
Sec. 6609.0102. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
conservation and reclamation district in Hidalgo County operating | ||
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a drainage | ||
district and a water improvement district. | ||
Sec. 6609.0103. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PURPOSE. (a) The | ||
district is created to serve a public use and benefit. | ||
(b) All land and other property included in the district | ||
will benefit from the works and projects that are to be accomplished | ||
by the district under powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
Texas Constitution. | ||
(c) The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of | ||
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 6609.0104. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The district territory | ||
is coextensive with the boundaries of Hidalgo County, Texas. | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 6609.0201. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The | ||
district has all rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties | ||
provided by the general law of this state applicable to a drainage | ||
district and a water improvement district created under Section 59, | ||
Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49, 55, and 56, | ||
Water Code. | ||
(b) To the extent of a conflict between this chapter and | ||
Chapter 49, 55, or 56, Water Code, this chapter prevails. To the | ||
extent of a conflict between Chapters 55 and 56, Water Code, Chapter | ||
55 prevails. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to | ||
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this | ||
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a | ||
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, | ||
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished | ||
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, | ||
Government Code. | ||
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has | ||
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality. | ||
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed | ||
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the | ||
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
representatives within the required time. | ||
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this | ||
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect | ||
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled | ||
and accomplished. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |