79R10152 SGA-F
By:  Madla                                                        S.B. No. 1853
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the distribution of assessments charged by 
Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and Improvement 
District No. 1.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The maximum and minimum limitations provided by 
Section 51.305(a), Water Code, on the portion of the estimated 
maintenance and operating expenses of a water control and 
improvement district that may be paid by an assessment against land 
in the district to which the district can furnish water through its 
irrigation system or through an extension of its irrigation system 
do not apply to Bexar-Medina-Atascosa Counties Water Control and 
Improvement District No. 1.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to 
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this 
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a 
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, 
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished 
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, 
Government Code.
	(b)  The governor has submitted the notice and Act to the 
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
	(c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed 
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, 
lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives 
within the required time.
	(d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this 
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect 
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled 
and accomplished.
	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.