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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 North Fort Bend Water Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8813.103, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) The authority may bring an action for the purpose of |
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recovering from a person, district, or local government included in |
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the authority's boundaries or in the authority's groundwater |
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reduction plan any fees, rates, charges, assessments, collection |
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expenses, attorney's fees, interest, penalties, or civil penalties |
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due the authority or to enforce the authority's rules or orders. |
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With respect to a district or local government, sovereign and |
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governmental immunity from suit and liability is waived for |
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purposes of adjudicating an action described in this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8813.007, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Chapter 36, Water Code, does not apply to the authority. |
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SECTION 3. (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, |
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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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(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 have been |
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fulfilled and accomplished. |