78R12904 SGA-F
By: Hardcastle H.B. No. 3623
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers, financing, and fees of office for the
Rolling Plains Groundwater Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5, Chapter 1028, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by amending
Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, Section
36.121, Water Code, does not apply to the district [The rights,
powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties of the
district are subject to the continuing right of supervision of the
state to be exercised by and through the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission].
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, Section
36.205(e), Water Code, does not apply to the district. The district
may assess fees under Section 36.205(c) or 36.122(e), Water Code,
in an annual amount not to exceed:
(1) $1 per acre-foot of water used for agricultural
use; or
(2) 17 cents per thousand gallons of water used for any
other purpose.
SECTION 2. Section 6, Chapter 1028, Acts of the 73rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 1993, is amended by adding Subsection
(d) to read as follows:
(d) A director is not entitled to receive fees of office
under Section 36.060, Water Code, if the director holds another
office that is a civil office of emolument for purposes of Section
40, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. Except as provided by this
subsection, a director may receive reimbursement of actual expenses
as provided by Section 36.060(b), Water Code. The board of
directors of the district by rule, bylaw, or resolution may limit
the amount of fees of office or the amount of reimbursement for
actual expenses a director is entitled to receive. This subsection
prevails over any provision of general or special law that is in
conflict or inconsistent with this subsection, including Section
36.060(d), Water Code.
SECTION 3. 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.