H.B. No. 2031
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of stormwater management by certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 423.001, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 423.001. COUNTY OR DISTRICT SUBJECT TO CHAPTER. This
chapter applies only to:
(1) a county with a population of 2.8 million or more;
[or]
(2) a district or authority created under Section 59,
Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that:
(A) has boundaries coterminous with a county
described by Subdivision (1); and
(B) is authorized to provide stormwater drainage
and flood control facilities; or
(3) a county with a population of more than 1.3 million
for which the primary source of drinking water is an underground
aquifer.
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. 2031 was passed by the House on April
25, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2031 was passed by the Senate on May
13, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor