By: Brown of Kaufman (Senate Sponsor - Deuell) H.B. No. 4071

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2007; May 14, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; May 21, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 21, 2007, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4071 By: Deuell

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Las Lomas Municipal Utility District No. 4 of Kaufman County and the Kaufman County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to undertake road projects.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 8138.102, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads [or turnpikes], or improvements in aid of those roads [or turnpikes, inside the district].

SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 9002.101, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads [or turnpikes], or improvements in aid of those roads [or turnpikes, inside the district].

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.

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