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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to territory included in, and the validation of acts of, |
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the Greater Southeast Management District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The Greater Southeast Management District is |
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composed of the territory described by Section 1, Chapter 1476, |
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Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, enacting |
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former Section 376.454, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 313.006, Government Code, does not apply |
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to this Act. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 4(a) and (d), Chapter 861, Acts of the |
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79th Legislature, Regular Session, 2005, are repealed. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all |
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governmental acts and proceedings of the Greater Southeast |
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Management District of Harris County, including acts of the |
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district's board of directors, that occurred before the effective |
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date of this Act. |
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(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the |
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effective date of this Act: |
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(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation |
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ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court |
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judgment; or |
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(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. |
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SECTION 5. The legislature finds that: |
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(1) proper and legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished by |
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the constitution and laws of this state, including the governor, |
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who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality; |
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(2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has |
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filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, |
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lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives |
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within the required time; |
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(3) the general law relating to consent by political |
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subdivisions to the creation of districts with conservation, |
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reclamation, and road powers and the inclusion of land in those |
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districts has been complied with; and |
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(4) all requirements of the constitution and laws of |
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this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with |
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respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act have |
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been fulfilled and accomplished. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |