1-1 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1758
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2001; March 15, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 18, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
1-5 Nays 0; April 18, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the boundaries of the Beeville Water Supply District.
1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10 SECTION 1. Section 2, Chapter 432, Acts of the 66th
1-11 Legislature, Regular Session, 1979, is amended to read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 2. BOUNDARIES. (a) The district's boundaries shall be
1-13 coterminous with the boundaries of the city of Beeville, Texas, on
1-14 the date the district is created, but the board may expand the
1-15 boundaries of the district by the annexation of additional land
1-16 under Section 8 of this Act [as of January 1, 1979].
1-17 (b) If the city of Beeville annexes territory to include
1-18 more territory within its boundaries, the board may consider
1-19 whether the new territory should also be added to the territory of
1-20 the district and may:
1-21 (1) add the territory by a majority vote of the board
1-22 without following the annexation procedures under Section 8 of this
1-23 Act; or
1-24 (2) reject the addition of the new territory.
1-25 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-26 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-27 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-28 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-29 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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