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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 Central 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. Section 8815.101(b), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) 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 8815.107, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8815.107. ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY; CIVIL ACTION; |
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INJUNCTION. |
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SECTION 3. Section 8815.107, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection |
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(e) to read as follows: |
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(b) The authority may bring an action in a district court |
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against a member district or other district, other political |
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subdivision, or other person located in the authority's territory |
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or included in the authority's 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 [to
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recover the penalty in a district court in the county where the
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violation occurred]. |
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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 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, 2011. |