1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1879 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 1997; March 24, 1997, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; April 11, 1997, reported adversely, with favorable 1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; 1-6 April 11, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1879 By: Shapiro 1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-9 AN ACT 1-10 relating to the powers of the Lower Colorado River Authority to 1-11 provide water services in Williamson County. 1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-13 SECTION 1. The Lower Colorado River Authority Act, Chapter 1-14 7, Acts of the 43rd Legislature, 4th Called Session, 1934 (Article 1-15 8280-107, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding 1-16 Section 27 to read as follows: 1-17 Sec. 27. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 1-18 Act, the district may purchase, construct, acquire, own, operate, 1-19 repair, improve, or extend any facility necessary or convenient to 1-20 provide water services in Williamson County in cooperation with 1-21 another special district, a municipality, or another governmental 1-22 entity. 1-23 (b) The district may not provide water services in the 1-24 watershed of the Brazos River unless the district obtains in 1-25 writing the consent of the Brazos River Authority before the 1-26 services are provided. 1-27 (c) The district may transfer surface water from the 1-28 district to a place in Williamson County that is outside the 1-29 watershed of the Colorado River only if the transfer is made to a 1-30 municipality that is: 1-31 (1) a district water customer on the effective date of 1-32 this section; and 1-33 (2) located in the watersheds of both the Colorado 1-34 River and the Brazos River. 1-35 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-36 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-37 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-38 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-39 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-40 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-41 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-42 * * * * *