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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to changes in the single-member district boundaries of the |
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Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8802.053, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection |
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(c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c) As soon as practicable after the publication of each |
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federal decennial census, the board shall revise the single-member |
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districts as the board considers appropriate to reflect population |
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changes. |
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(c-1) In this subsection, a reference to a highway, street, |
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road, avenue, boulevard, or lane means the center line of that |
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highway, street, road, avenue, boulevard, or lane. When the board |
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revises the single-member districts [under this subsection], the |
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board shall place two of the districts wholly within the territory |
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described as follows: Beginning at the eastern district boundary |
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and the Colorado River, then south along the eastern district |
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boundary to the intersection of Interstate Highway 35 and Slaughter |
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Lane; then west along Slaughter Lane to the district boundary, then |
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north along the district boundary to the Colorado River, then east |
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along the Colorado River following the district boundary to the |
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point of the beginning |
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[(1) entirely within the boundaries of the city of
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Austin, as those boundaries exist at that time; or
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[(2) within the boundaries of the city of Austin, as
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those boundaries exist at that time, but also including
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unincorporated areas or other municipalities that are surrounded
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wholly or partly by the boundaries of the city of Austin if the
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areas or municipalities are noncontiguous to the territory of any
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other single-member district]. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 8802, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8802.054 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8802.054. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Section |
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36.059(b), Water Code, does not apply to the district. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 8802.051(b) and 8802.053(d), Special |
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District Local Laws Code, are repealed. |
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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 has submitted the notice and Act to the |
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Texas Commission on 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 are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |