By Solomons H.B. No. 2956 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to contracts between districts and municipalities. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 53.029, Texas Water Code is amended by 1-5 adding subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-6 (e) A district covered by this section, or which has 1-7 retained the powers set forth in this section, has the right to 1-8 conduct contract elections in the manner set forth in Section 1-9 49.108(a) through (d), Texas Water Code. If the district is 1-10 located wholly or partially within the boundaries or 1-11 extraterritorial jurisdiction of one or more municipalities, and 1-12 the district obtains the approval of the contract by such 1-13 municipalities, the approval set forth in Section 49.108(e), Texas 1-14 Water Code, is not required. 1-15 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendar in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an urgent public necessity that the constitutional 1-18 rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house 1-19 be suspended, and the rule is hereby suspended, and that this Act 1-20 take effect and be in effect from and after its passage and it is 1-21 so enacted.