H.B. No. 2444
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers of the Southmost Regional Water Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 511, Acts of the 67th Legislature,
  Regular Session, 1981, is amended by adding Section 7A to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 7A.  (a)  The authority is authorized to purchase,
  construct, acquire, own, lease, operate, maintain, repair,
  improve, and extend inside its boundaries, at any location
  whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the authority, land and
  interest in land, any and all works, improvements, facilities,
  plants, equipment, and appliances incident, helpful, or necessary
  to provide for the collection, transportation, processing,
  disposal, and control of all domestic, industrial, or communal
  wastes, whether fluids, solids, or composites.
         (b)  The authority shall have the authority to perform any
  act consistent with the powers granted under Subsection (a) of this
  section, including the authority to contract with any person or
  public or private entity in the performance of a purpose or power
  granted by this section.  To accomplish the purposes of this
  section, the authority has all the powers and rights of procedure,
  financing, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, operation,
  rulemaking, and administration conferred by Section 59, Article
  XVI, Texas Constitution, this Act, and Chapters 49 and 51, Water
  Code.
         SECTION 2.  (a) The proper and legal notice of the intention
  to introduce this Act, setting out 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 by
  the constitution and other laws of this state, including the
  governor, who has submitted the notice and this Act to the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality.
         (b)  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.
         (c)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to 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, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2444 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2444 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor