By: Gallego (Senate Sponsor - Uresti) H.B. No. 3475
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2007;
  May 10, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources; May 19, 2007, reported favorably, as amended, by the
  following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 19, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By:  Uresti
 
 
         Amend H.B. No. 3475 (House Engrossment) as follows:
         (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, on  page  , line   , strike
  "is" and substitute with "and a national recreation are".
         (2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 412.017,
  Local Government Code, strike Subsection (b) (page  ,
  lines   -  ), and substitute the following:
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county to which this
  section applies may acquire, construct, or operate a water supply
  system or a sewage system to serve unincorporated areas of the
  county.
         (3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in proposed Section 412.017,
  Local Government Code (page  , between lines    and   ), insert
  the following:
         (g)  This section does not authorize a county to sell water
  for a purpose other than for local use.
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the authority of certain counties to acquire,
  construct, or operate a water supply system or sewage system and own
  or operate a utility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 412, Local Government
  Code, is amended by adding Section 412.017 to read as follows:
         Sec. 412.017.  WATER SUPPLY AND SEWAGE SYSTEM FOR CERTAIN
  BORDER COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county:
               (1)  that is located adjacent to an international
  border; and
               (2)  in which a military installation is located.
         (b)  The commissioners court of a county to which this
  section applies may acquire, construct, or operate a water supply
  system or sewage system to serve:
               (1)  unincorporated areas of the county; and
               (2)  areas initially included in a municipality on or
  after September 1, 2007, in which the municipality does not provide
  water or sewer services.
         (c)  The county may enter a management or lease agreement
  with another public or private entity for the operation of a county
  water or sewage system acquired or constructed under this section.
         (d)  The county may apply for and receive grants or other
  assistance from a state or federal governmental entity to implement
  this section.
         (e)  The county may own, operate, or maintain a water or
  sewer utility in the same manner as a municipality under Chapter
  402.
         (f)  A county may not construct, operate, or maintain a water
  supply system or sewage system in an area previously served by the
  county's water supply or sewage system after the area is annexed by
  a municipality and the municipality begins providing to the area
  water or sewer services previously provided by the county.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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