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. 1-53 * * * * *