By Elkins                                             H.B. No. 1978
         77R5132 SGA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the boundaries of the North Harris County Regional
 1-3     Water Authority.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 1.03, Chapter 1029, Acts of the 76th
 1-6     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by amending
 1-7     Subsection (c) and by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
 1-8           (c)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a)  and (b) of this
 1-9     section, the authority does not include any area that:
1-10                 (1)  [,] on the effective date of this Act, is inside
1-11     the municipal limits of the city of Houston or inside the municipal
1-12     limits of the city of Humble; or
1-13                 (2)  on September 1, 2001, is inside the municipal
1-14     limits of the city of Jersey Village.
1-15           (e)  The authority's boundaries may be expanded to include an
1-16     area that on September 1, 2001, was inside the municipal limits of
1-17     the city of Jersey Village if:
1-18                 (1)  the governing body of the city makes a written
1-19     request to the board to include the area in the district; and
1-20                 (2)  the board annexes the area.
1-21           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.