78R10045 DRH-F


By:  Puente                                                       H.B. No. 2031

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2031:                                   

By:  Hope                                                     C.S.H.B. No. 2031



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.