1-1 By: Lewis of Orange (Senate Sponsor - Brown) H.B. No. 2994 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001; 1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Natural Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by 1-5 the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to 1-6 printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Brown 1-8 Amend HB 2994, by adding a new Section 2, and renumbering 1-9 subsequent Sections, as follows: 1-10 SECTION 2. Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended 1-11 by adding Section 49.279 to read as follows: 1-12 Sec. 49.279 COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL REQUIREMENTS. A 1-13 district construction project must comply with any applicable 1-14 municipal platting, environmental or zoning requirements within the 1-15 municipality's corporate limits and extraterritorial jurisdiction 1-16 and with applicable requirements of a consent agreement or other 1-17 agreement between the district and the municipality. A district 1-18 construction project is not otherwise subject to any requirements 1-19 of a municipality if the project is located outside the 1-20 municipality's corporate limits, unless otherwise authorized by 1-21 applicable law. This section is not applicable to a municipality 1-22 with population of 1.9 million or greater. 1-23 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-24 AN ACT 1-25 relating to the approval of certain contracts of special districts. 1-26 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-27 SECTION 1. Section 49.108(e), Water Code, is amended to read 1-28 as follows: 1-29 (e) A district that is required under Section 49.181 to 1-30 obtain approval by the commission of the district's issuance of 1-31 bonds must obtain approval by the executive director before the 1-32 district enters into an obligation under this section to collect 1-33 tax for debt that exceeds three years. This subsection does not 1-34 apply to contract taxes that are levied to pay for a district's 1-35 share of bonds that have been issued by another district and 1-36 approved by the commission or bonds issued by a municipality. 1-37 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-38 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-39 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-40 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-41 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 1-42 * * * * *