By Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 2761 77R5149 SGA-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the conversion of the Kaufman County Municipal Utility 1-3 District No. 1 to Kaufman County Levee Improvement District No. 4, 1-4 operating as a levee improvement district. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. CONVERSION OF DISTRICT. Kaufman County Municipal 1-7 Utility District No. 1, operating under Chapter 54, Water Code, is 1-8 hereby converted to a levee improvement district acting under 1-9 Chapter 57, Water Code, and has the rights, powers, privileges, 1-10 authority, and functions conferred by Chapter 57, Water Code, 1-11 except as provided by this Act. 1-12 SECTION 2. DEFINITION. In this Act, "improvement district" 1-13 means the Kaufman County Levee Improvement District No. 4. 1-14 SECTION 3. NAME CHANGE. The name of the Kaufman County 1-15 Municipal Utility District No. 1 is changed to Kaufman County Levee 1-16 Improvement District No. 4. A reference in another law to the 1-17 Kaufman County Municipal District No. 1 means the Kaufman County 1-18 Levee Improvement District No. 4. 1-19 SECTION 4. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a) The Commissioners Court 1-20 of Kaufman County shall appoint the board of directors of the 1-21 improvement district as provided by Section 57.051, Water Code. 1-22 (b) The directors of the Kaufman County Municipal Utility 1-23 District No. 1 shall continue to serve until new directors have 1-24 been appointed under this section. 2-1 SECTION 5. FINDINGS RELATED TO PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS. (a) 2-2 Proper and legal notice of the intention to introduce this Act, 2-3 setting forth the general substance of this Act, has been published 2-4 as provided by law, and the notice and a copy of this Act have been 2-5 furnished to all persons, agencies, officials, or entities to which 2-6 they are required to be furnished by the constitution and laws of 2-7 this state, including the governor, who has submitted the notice 2-8 and Act to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. 2-9 (b) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission has 2-10 filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, 2-11 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives 2-12 within the required time. 2-13 (c) Compliance with the general law relating to consent by 2-14 political subdivisions to the creation of districts with 2-15 conservation, reclamation, and the inclusion of land in those 2-16 districts has been accomplished. 2-17 (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this 2-18 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect 2-19 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled 2-20 and accomplished. 2-21 SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September 2-22 1, 2001.