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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers of the Southmost Regional Water Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Acts of the 67th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 1981, is amended by adding Section 7A to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 7A. (a) The authority is authorized to purchase, |
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construct, acquire, own, lease, operate, maintain, repair, |
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improve, and extend inside and outside its boundaries, at any |
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location whatsoever, in the sole discretion of the authority, land |
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and interest in land, any and all works, improvements, facilities, |
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plants, equipment, and appliances incident, helpful, or necessary |
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to provide for the collection, transportation, processing, |
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disposal, and control of all domestic, industrial, or communal |
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wastes, whether fluids, solids, or composites. |
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(b) The authority shall have the authority to perform any |
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act consistent with the powers granted under Subsection (a) of this |
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section, including the authority to contract with any person or |
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public or private entity in the performance of a purpose or power |
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granted by this section. To accomplish the purposes of this |
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section, the authority has all the powers and rights of procedure, |
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financing, construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, operation, |
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rulemaking, and administration conferred by Section 59, Article |
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XVI, Texas Constitution, this Act, and Chapters 49 and 51, Water |
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Code. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The proper and legal notice of the intention |
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to introduce this Act, setting out 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 other laws of this state, including the |
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governor, who has submitted the notice and this Act to the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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(b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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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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(c) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled and |
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accomplished. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |