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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 West Harris County Regional Water |
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Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 4.01, Chapter 414, Acts |
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of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(d) The following laws [Sections 49.451-49.455, Water
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Code,] do not apply to the authority: |
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(1) Chapter 36, Water Code; |
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(2) Section 49.052, Water Code; and |
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(3) Sections 49.451-49.455, Water Code. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 4.07, Chapter 414, Acts of |
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the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 4.07. CIVIL PENALTY; CIVIL ACTIONS; INJUNCTION. |
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SECTION 3. Section 4.07, Chapter 414, Acts of the 77th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2001, is amended by adding |
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Subsections (b-1) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The authority may bring an action in a district court |
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against a district, other political subdivision, or other person |
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located in the authority's territory or included in the authority's |
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groundwater reduction plan to: |
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(1) recover any fees, rates, charges, assessments, |
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collection expenses, attorney's fees, interest, penalties, or |
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administrative penalties due the authority; or |
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(2) enforce the authority's rules or orders. |
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(e) Governmental immunity from suit or liability of a |
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district or other political subdivision is waived for the purposes |
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of an action described by Subsection (b-1) of this section. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |