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.