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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duty of certain municipalities to require an |
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installer of an irrigation system to obtain a permit before |
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installing the system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 401.006(a), Local Government Code, as |
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added by Chapter 874 (H.B. 1656), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A municipality with a population of 20,000 or more by |
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ordinance shall require an installer of an irrigation system: |
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(1) to hold a license issued under Section 1903.251, |
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Occupations Code; and |
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(2) to obtain a permit before installing a system |
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within the territorial limits [or extraterritorial jurisdiction] |
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of the municipality. |
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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, 2009. |