By Denny H.B. No. 695 76R2662 WP-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the contracting power of the Upper Trinity Regional 1-3 Water District. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 27, Chapter 1053, Acts of the 71st 1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended by adding 1-7 Subsections (d)-(h) to read as follows: 1-8 (d) Under a contract with a county, municipality, or water 1-9 district, the district may adopt and enforce rules applicable in 1-10 the boundaries of that county, municipality, or water district and 1-11 in other areas under the jurisdiction of the county, municipality, 1-12 or water district to: 1-13 (1) preserve and protect the quality and sanitary 1-14 condition of all water, sanitary sewage and storm water that may 1-15 affect a water supply of the county, municipality, water district, 1-16 the district, or the state; or 1-17 (2) prevent waste or unauthorized use of water, 1-18 sanitary sewage, or storm water under the jurisdiction of a county, 1-19 municipality, water district, or the district. 1-20 (e) Rules adopted under Subsection (d) of this section: 1-21 (1) may not exceed the authority of the county, 1-22 municipality, or water district; and 1-23 (2) must conform to the terms of the contract. 1-24 (f) The district shall publish once a week for two 2-1 consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers with general 2-2 circulation in the district a notice of the substance of the rules 2-3 adopted under Subsection (d) of this section and of any penalties 2-4 for a violation of the rules. 2-5 (g) A penalty for a violation of the rules may not take 2-6 effect before the fifth day after the date of the second 2-7 publication of the notice. 2-8 (h) A violation of a rule adopted under this section is a 2-9 Class C misdemeanor. 2-10 SECTION 2. All resolutions, orders, and other acts or 2-11 attempted acts of the board of directors of the Upper Trinity 2-12 Regional Water District relating to any election, contract, or 2-13 issuance of bonds or other obligations and the expenditure of funds 2-14 in payment of the bonds and all other governmental and proprietary 2-15 actions by the board of directors of that district are validated in 2-16 all respects. All the resolutions, orders, and other acts or 2-17 attempted acts of the board of directors of the Upper Trinity 2-18 Regional Water District and all elections, contracts, issuances of 2-19 bonds or other obligations, and payments of the district are valid 2-20 as though they originally had been legally authorized or 2-21 accomplished. 2-22 SECTION 3. Section 2 of this Act does not apply to or affect 2-23 litigation pending on the effective date of this Act in any court 2-24 of competent jurisdiction in this state to which the district is a 2-25 party. 2-26 SECTION 4. (a) The proper and legal notice of the intention 2-27 to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this 3-1 Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a 3-2 copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, 3-3 officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished 3-4 by the constitution and other laws of this state, including the 3-5 governor, who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Natural 3-6 Resource Conservation Commission. 3-7 (b) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission has 3-8 filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, 3-9 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives 3-10 within the required time. 3-11 (c) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this 3-12 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect 3-13 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled 3-14 and accomplished. 3-15 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 3-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-21 passage, and it is so enacted.