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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and financing of the Brazoria County |
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Groundwater Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 10(b), Chapter 772 (H.B. 3602), Acts of |
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the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) On the uniform election date [first Tuesday after the
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first Monday] in May [November] of each subsequent second year |
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following the election, the appropriate number of directors shall |
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be elected. |
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SECTION 2. Section 12, Chapter 772 (H.B. 3602), Acts of the |
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78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 12. FEES. Unless exempt under this Act or Chapter 36, |
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Water Code, the board may establish by schedule and impose: |
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(1) a production fee based on the amount of |
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groundwater authorized by permit to be withdrawn from a well or the |
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amount of groundwater actually withdrawn from a well in an amount |
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not to exceed 17 cents per thousand gallons [under Section 36.205,
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Water Code]; |
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(2) an export fee for groundwater transferred out of |
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the district in an amount not to exceed 150 percent of the maximum |
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wholesale water rate charged by the City of Houston; and |
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(3) other fees as authorized by Chapter 36, Water |
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Code. |
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SECTION 3. A director of the board of the Brazoria County |
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Groundwater Conservation District who is serving on the day before |
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the effective date of this Act shall serve until the director's term |
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expires. A director whose term expires in November 2010 shall serve |
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until the director's successor has qualified following the |
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directors' election held on the uniform election date in May 2012 in |
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accordance with Section 10, Chapter 772 (H.B. 3602), Acts of the |
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78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, as amended by this Act. A |
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director whose term expires in November 2012 shall serve until the |
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director's successor has qualified following the directors' |
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election held on the uniform election date in May 2014. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth 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 |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) 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 the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |