By:  Zaffirini                                                    S.B. No. 1799
	(In the Senate - Filed March 21, 2005; March 30, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 
April 29, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8, 
Nays 0; April 29, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the powers and duties of the Bee Groundwater 
Conservation District.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 5, Chapter 678, Acts of 
the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1997, is amended to read as 
follows:
	(a)  The district has all of the rights, powers, privileges, 
authority, functions, and duties provided by the general law of 
this state, including Chapter [Chapters] 36 [and 49], Water Code, 
applicable to groundwater conservation districts created under 
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.  This Act prevails 
over any provision of general law that is in conflict or 
inconsistent with this Act.
	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, 2005.



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