Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 3636 changes the name of the Tarrant County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to the Tarrant Regional Water District, a Water Control and Improvement District. The bill authorizes the district to contract and cooperate to import water supplies from out of state, and to provide for or participate in recreational facilities. It empowers the district to make and enforce reasonable rules, permits, orders, and ordinances necessary to accomplish its legal purposes and provides that an adversely affected individual may bring suit to set aside such actions. The bill creates an offense and establishes criminal and civil penalties for violations of a rule, permit, order, or ordinance. The bill also affirms bond issuance provisions of the district's enabling law, validates district actions relating to territorial annexation and boundary definition, and, with certain exceptions, applies to the district provisions of the Water Code relating to construction work contracts.