1-1     By:  Keel, King of Uvalde                             H.B. No. 3591
 1-2     (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth)
 1-3           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 1999;
 1-4     April 20, 1999, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-5     Natural Resources; May 3, 1999, reported favorably by the following
 1-6     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 3, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to the addition of land to a defined area of a water
1-10     control and improvement district.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 51.534, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-13     follows:
1-14           Sec. 51.534.  ADDITION OF LAND [SUBJECT TO WATER QUALITY
1-15     PLAN] TO DEFINED AREA. The procedures of Section 49.301 may be used
1-16     to add land to a defined area created under this subchapter.  The
1-17     land must be included in the district [and subject to a water
1-18     quality plan approved by the commission] but is not required to be
1-19     contiguous to the defined area.  Notwithstanding any law to the
1-20     contrary, the procedures of Section 49.301 shall apply to districts
1-21     operating under Chapter 49.
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