By:  Barrientos, Wentworth                            S.B. No. 1645
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                        AN ACT
    1-1  relating to the division of an original district with no
    1-2  outstanding indebtedness.
    1-3        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-4        SECTION 1.  Section 51.748, Texas Water Code, is amended to
    1-5  read as follows:
    1-6        Sec. 51.748.  DIVISION OF ORIGINAL DISTRICT WITH NO
    1-7  OUTSTANDING INDEBTEDNESS.  (a)  An original district heretofore
    1-8  created and governed by the provisions of this chapter (an
    1-9  "original district") that does not have any outstanding
   1-10  indebtedness secured by the taxes or net revenues of an original
   1-11  district may divide into two or more districts as provided by
   1-12  Sections 51.749 through 51.758 of this code; provided, however, no
   1-13  division shall occur that would result in the creation of a
   1-14  district of less than 100 acres in size.  Upon petition of any
   1-15  landowner or upon the board's own motion, the board may consider a
   1-16  proposal to divide the original district.
   1-17        (b)  A district that:
   1-18              (1)  is located in two or more counties;
   1-19              (2)  is within the jurisdiction of two river
   1-20  authorities, one of which has issued an interbasin transfer permit
   1-21  to a city which provides the district's water supply;
   1-22              (3)  has not constructed any facilities or incurred any
   1-23  indebtedness secured by taxes or net revenues; and
    2-1              (4)  was created by division under this Section
    2-2  51.749-51.758 of this code;
    2-3  may divide into two or more districts as provided by Section 51.749
    2-4  through 51.758 of this code; provided, however, no division shall
    2-5  occur that would result in the creation of a district of less than
    2-6  100 acres in size.  Upon petition of any landowner or upon the
    2-7  board's own motion, the board may consider a proposal to divide the
    2-8  district.
    2-9        SECTION 2.  EMERGENCY.  The importance of this legislation
   2-10  and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-11  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-12  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-13  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
   2-14  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   2-15  passage, and it is so enacted.