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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