H.B. No. 1599




AN ACT

relating to certain conservation and reclamation districts' use of 
money received under a contract with a municipality.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended 
by adding Section 49.2145 to read as follows:
	Sec. 49.2145.  USE OF MONEY RECEIVED UNDER CERTAIN 
CONTRACTS.  (a)  This section applies only to a district located in:
		(1)  a county included in the Harris-Galveston Coastal 
Subsidence District; or
		(2)  a county included in the Fort Bend Subsidence 
District.         
	(b)  A district that receives money from a municipality under 
the terms of a contract with the municipality, including a 
strategic partnership agreement authorized by Section 43.0751, 
Local Government Code, may use the money for any purpose of the 
district or the municipality, unless the contract requires the 
district to use the money for a specified purpose.  For purposes of 
this chapter, a district purpose includes a municipal purpose for 
which money is used under this section.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a 
contract between a municipality and a conservation and reclamation 
district entered into before, on, or after the effective date of 
this Act.
	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, 2005.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1599 was passed by the House on April 
26, 2005, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in 
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 1599 on May 23, 2005, by a non-record 
vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 1599 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on May 20, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 
0.

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                                                      Secretary of the Senate   



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              Governor