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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