By Hartnett                                           H.B. No. 3145
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to contracts between municipalities and the Trinity River
 1-3     Authority for the treatment of sewage effluent.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 402.023(e), Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (e)  The authority becomes owner of sewage accepted by it for
 1-8     transportation and treatment and is solely responsible for the
 1-9     proper treatment and disposal of the sewage and the effluent, with
1-10     the exception of sewage derived from water that originates from
1-11     outside of the Trinity River Basin.  A contracting municipality is
1-12     immune from liability for any improper treatment or disposal of the
1-13     sewage or effluent.  A municipality is not entitled to credit of
1-14     any type, either in the exchange of water, money, or other
1-15     consideration, for any effluent delivered to the authority.  Such
1-16     an exchange or sale may not be made a condition to any contract
1-17     under this section.
1-18           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.