75R10294 JJT-F By Krusee H.B. No. 162 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 162: By Lewis of Orange C.S.H.B. No. 162 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the powers of the Lower Colorado River Authority to 1-3 provide water services in Williamson County. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. The Lower Colorado River Authority Act (Article 1-6 8280-107, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended by adding 1-7 Section 27 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 27. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 1-9 Act, the district may purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, 1-10 repair, improve, or extend any facility necessary or convenient to 1-11 provide water services in Williamson County in cooperation with 1-12 another special district, a municipality, or another governmental 1-13 entity. 1-14 (b) The district may not provide water services in the 1-15 watershed of the Brazos River unless the district obtains in 1-16 writing the consent of the Brazos River Authority before the 1-17 services are provided. 1-18 (c) The district may transfer surface water from the 1-19 district to a place in Williamson County that is outside the 1-20 watershed of the Colorado River only if the transfer is made to a 1-21 municipality that is: 1-22 (1) a district water customer on the effective date of 1-23 this section; and 1-24 (2) located in the watersheds of both the Colorado 2-1 River and the Brazos River. 2-2 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-8 passage, and it is so enacted.