By: Canales (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 5373
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2023;
  May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 21, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 5373 By:  Gutierrez
 
 
 
  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         BettencourtX
         SpringerX
         EckhardtX
         GutierrezX
         HallX
         NicholsX
         ParkerX
         PaxtonX
         WestX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  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.
  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.
 
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