1-1     By:  Brown of Kaufman (Senate Sponsor - Cain)         H.B. No. 2761
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Natural Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the conversion of the Kaufman County Municipal Utility
 1-9     District No. 1 to Kaufman County Levee Improvement District No. 4,
1-10     operating as a levee improvement district.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. CONVERSION OF DISTRICT. Kaufman County Municipal
1-13     Utility District No. 1, operating under Chapter 54, Water Code, is
1-14     hereby converted to a levee improvement district acting under
1-15     Chapter 57, Water Code, and has the rights, powers, privileges,
1-16     authority, and functions conferred by Chapter 57, Water Code,
1-17     except as provided by this Act.
1-18           SECTION 2.  DEFINITION. In this Act, "improvement district"
1-19     means the Kaufman County Levee Improvement District No. 4.
1-20           SECTION 3.  NAME CHANGE. The name of the Kaufman County
1-21     Municipal Utility District No. 1 is changed to Kaufman County Levee
1-22     Improvement District No. 4. A reference in another law to the
1-23     Kaufman County Municipal District No. 1 means the Kaufman County
1-24     Levee Improvement District No. 4.
1-25           SECTION 4.  BOARD OF DIRECTORS. (a)  The Commissioners Court
1-26     of Kaufman County shall appoint the board of directors of the
1-27     improvement district as provided by Section 57.051, Water Code.
1-28           (b)  The directors of the Kaufman County Municipal Utility
1-29     District No. 1 shall continue to serve until new directors have
1-30     been appointed under this section.
1-31           SECTION 5.  FINDINGS RELATED TO PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS. (a)
1-32     Proper and legal notice of the intention to introduce this Act,
1-33     setting forth the general substance of this Act, has been published
1-34     as provided by law, and the notice and a copy of this Act have been
1-35     furnished to all persons, agencies, officials, or entities to which
1-36     they are required to be furnished by the constitution and laws of
1-37     this state, including the governor, who has submitted the notice
1-38     and Act to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission.
1-39           (b)  The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission has
1-40     filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
1-41     lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
1-42     within the required time.
1-43           (c)  Compliance with the general law relating to consent by
1-44     political subdivisions to the creation of districts with
1-45     conservation, reclamation, and the inclusion of land in those
1-46     districts has been accomplished.
1-47           (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
1-48     state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
1-49     to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
1-50     and accomplished.
1-51           SECTION 6.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
1-52     1, 2001.
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