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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sunset review of certain river authorities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 222, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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222.001. CREATION. (a) A conservation and reclamation district |
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to be known as the "Lower Colorado River Authority" is created. The |
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authority is a governmental agency and a body politic and |
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corporate. |
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(b) The authority is created under and is essential to |
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accomplish the purposes of Section 59, Article XVI, Texas |
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Constitution, including the control, storing, preservation, and |
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distribution of the waters of the Colorado River and its |
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tributaries within the boundaries of the authority for irrigation, |
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generation of electric energy and power, and other useful purposes; |
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the reclamation and irrigation of arid, semiarid, and other lands |
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needing irrigation; the development of parks on lands owned or |
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acquired by the authority; and the conservation and development of |
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the forests, water, and electric power in this state. |
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(c) Nothing in this chapter or in any other law shall be |
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construed as authorizing the authority to levy or collect taxes or |
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to create any indebtedness payable out of taxes or in any way to |
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pledge the credit of this state. |
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(d) The authority is a state agency subject to review for |
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the purposes of Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), |
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but may not be abolished under that Act. The review shall be |
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conducted as if the authority were scheduled to be abolished |
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September 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |