By: Deuell S.B. No. 2413

(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental Relations; April 20, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 20, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2413 By: Nichols

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Kaufman County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 to undertake road projects.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 9002.101, Special District Local Laws Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve, maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads [or turnpikes], or improvements in aid of those roads [or turnpikes, inside the district].

(d) The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for a road project authorized by this section.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009.

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