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                                                                  H.B. No. 1138




AN ACT

relating to nonprofit water supply and sewer service corporations 
in certain counties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 67.011, Water Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 67.011.  ADDITIONAL POWERS OF CORPORATION [IN CERTAIN 
COUNTIES].  In addition to other powers granted by this chapter, [In 
a county with a population of less than 3.3 million,] a corporation 
may:
		(1)  own, hold, lease, or otherwise acquire water 
wells, springs, or other sources of water supply;
		(2)  build, operate, and maintain pipelines to 
transport water or wastewater;
		(3)  build and operate plants and equipment necessary 
to distribute water or to treat and dispose of wastewater; and
		(4)  sell water or provide wastewater services to a 
political subdivision, a private corporation, or an individual.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1138 was passed by the House on March 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1138 was passed by the Senate on May 
1, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor