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.
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