H.B. No. 1229
AN ACT
relating to the powers, duties, and directors of the Menard County
Underground Water District and the directors of the Menard County
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 180, Acts of the 72nd Legislature,
Regular Session, 1991, is amended by amending Section 6 and adding
Section 6A to read as follows:
Sec. 6. POWERS. (a) The district has all of the rights,
powers, privileges, authority, functions, and duties provided by
the general law of this state, including Chapters 36 [50] and 49
[52], Water Code, applicable to underground water conservation
districts created under Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas
Constitution. This Act prevails over any provision of general law
that is in conflict or inconsistent with this Act.
(b) 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
[Water] Commission on Environmental Quality.
Sec. 6A. PERMIT FOR WELL. The district may require a permit
for a well used for domestic purposes or to provide water for
livestock, poultry, or wildlife if the well is:
(1) on a tract of land smaller than 100 acres;
(2) less than 500 feet deep; and
(3) drilled, completed, or equipped so that it is
capable of producing more than 9,000 gallons of groundwater per
day.
SECTION 2. Section 1A, Chapter 31, Acts of the 55th
Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1957, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 1A. The District is governed by a board of five
directors composed of the persons who serve as directors of the
Menard County Underground Water District. A [Each] director of the
Menard County Underground Water District who serves on the board of
directors of the Menard County Water Control and Improvement
District No. 1 does not violate the common-law doctrine of
incompatibility [as an additional duty of his office as director of
the underground water district]. A director is not entitled to
compensation for service on either [the] board of directors but may
be reimbursed as provided by board rules for expenses incurred in
carrying out the business of the districts [District].
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, 2005.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1229 was passed by the House on April
27, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1229 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor