1-1 By: Wentworth S.B. No. 1282
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1999; March 11, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 6, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
1-5 Nays 0; April 6, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the addition of land to a defined area of a water
1-9 control and improvement district.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 51.534, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-12 follows:
1-13 Sec. 51.534. ADDITION OF LAND [SUBJECT TO WATER QUALITY
1-14 PLAN] TO DEFINED AREA. The procedures of Section 49.301 may be
1-15 used to add land to a defined area created under this subchapter.
1-16 The land must be included in the district [and subject to a water
1-17 quality plan approved by the commission] but is not required to be
1-18 contiguous to the defined area. Notwithstanding any law to the
1-19 contrary, the procedures of Section 49.301 shall apply to districts
1-20 operating under Chapter 49.
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