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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a municipal consent agreement regarding the inclusion |
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of land in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality on |
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the creation or expansion of certain municipal utility districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Section 54.016(f), Water Code, is repealed. |
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(b) Section 54.016(h), Water Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 2. The legislature finds that an agreement between |
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a municipality and a municipal utility district is an allocation |
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agreement only if the agreement strictly complies with the |
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requirements of Section 54.016(f), Water Code, and is specifically |
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designated by the parties to the agreement as an "allocation |
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agreement." |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act do not apply |
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to an agreement that is the subject of a lawsuit filed by a |
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political subdivision before the effective date of this Act. A |
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lawsuit filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the lawsuit was filed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. (a) Section 1(a) of this Act takes effect January |
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1, 2010. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a) of this section, |
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this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of |
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two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by |
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Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not |
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receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes |
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effect September 1, 2009. |