By Oliveira H.B. No. 2665 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2665: By Counts C.S.H.B. No. 2665 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the duties and powers of the Southmost Regional Water 1-3 Authority. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular 1-6 Session, 1981, is amended by adding Section 18A to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 18A. (a) Subject to approval by a majority of the 1-8 voters voting in a confirmation election held under the guidelines 1-9 of Section 36.017, Water Code, on the proposition that the 1-10 authority should exercise the powers of a groundwater conservation 1-11 district, the authority has all of the rights, powers, privileges, 1-12 authority, functions, and duties provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 1-13 36, Water Code, within the boundaries of the authority and, except 1-14 as provided by Subsection (b), within the territory that is not 1-15 within the authority's boundaries and that is located in that 1-16 portion of Cameron County that is south of the southern 1-17 right-of-way for U.S. Highway 77/83 and Texas Highway 100, this 1-18 territory being described as follows: 1-19 beginning at the intersection of southern right-of-way for U.S. 1-20 Highway 83 and the boundary between Cameron and Hidalgo counties, 1-21 then in an easterly and southerly direction along the southern 1-22 right-of-way for U.S. Highway 83 and then U.S. Highway 77/83 to the 1-23 intersection of U.S. Highway 77/83 and Texas Highway 100, then east 1-24 following the southern right-of-way for Highway 100 to the 2-1 intersection with the Laguna Madre, then south following the 2-2 eastern shore of the Laguna Madre, South Bay, and the Gulf of 2-3 Mexico to the intersection with the boundary of Cameron County, 2-4 then following the boundary line of Cameron County along the Rio 2-5 Grande River in a westerly and northerly direction to the Cameron 2-6 and Hidalgo County line, thence in a northerly direction along 2-7 county line to the point of beginning. 2-8 (b) The territory within the corporate limits and 2-9 extraterritorial jurisdiction for subdivision plat approval of any 2-10 municipality that is not a member of the authority is excluded from 2-11 territory in which the authority may exercise its powers under this 2-12 section unless that territory is within the boundaries of the 2-13 authority. 2-14 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect immediately if it 2-15 receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 2-16 house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. 2-17 If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 2-18 effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-19 (b) If the proposition submitted to the voters under Section 2-20 18A, Chapter 511, Acts of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 2-21 1981, as added by this Act, does not receive the approval of the 2-22 voters as provided by that section before September 1, 2002, 2-23 Section 18A, as added by this Act, expires on that date.