1-1     By:  Wentworth                                        S.B. No. 1943

 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed May 1, 1997; May 2, 1997, read first

 1-3     time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; May 9, 1997,

 1-4     reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;

 1-5     May 9, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-7                                   AN ACT

 1-8     relating to validating the creation and certain actions of the

 1-9     Comal County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1.

1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-11           SECTION 1.  DEFINITION.  In this Act, "district" means the

1-12     Comal County Fresh Water Supply District No. 1.

1-13           SECTION 2.  CREATION OF DISTRICT CONFIRMED.  The creation of

1-14     the district is confirmed and validated in all respects.

1-15           SECTION 3.  LEGISLATIVE DECLARATION.  The legislature

1-16     declares that:

1-17                 (1)  the district validly exists and operates under

1-18     Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution;

1-19                 (2)  all land and other property in the district are

1-20     benefited by the district and the facilities and improvements to be

1-21     constructed or acquired by the district;

1-22                 (3)  the district is essential to accomplish the

1-23     purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and

1-24                 (4)  the district is a governmental agency and body

1-25     politic.

1-26           SECTION 4.  VALIDATION OF ACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS.  The

1-27     legislature validates and confirms:

1-28                 (1)  the boundaries of the district as provided by

1-29     order of the district's board of supervisors adopted on June 27,

1-30     1996;

1-31                 (2)  the election held in the district on May 6, 1995,

1-32     including all proceedings related to the election;

1-33                 (3)  all district bonds issued or authorized before the

1-34     effective date of this Act and all proceedings related to their

1-35     issuance or authorization; and

1-36                 (4)  each governmental proceeding or act performed by

1-37     the district's board of supervisors or an officer of the district

1-38     before the effective date of this Act, as of the date of the

1-39     proceeding or act.

1-40           SECTION 5.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act does not apply to a

1-41     person who is the subject of litigation pending on the effective

1-42     date of this Act or to any matter the validity of which is the

1-43     subject of litigation pending on the effective date of this Act.

1-44           SECTION 6.  EMERGENCY.  The importance of this legislation

1-45     and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-46     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-47     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-48     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,

1-49     and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its

1-50     passage, and it is so enacted.

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