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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the |
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Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: |
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(1) "City" means the City of Sugar Land. |
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(2) "District" means the Fort Bend County Water |
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Control and Improvement District No. 1. |
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SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. |
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(a) On the date the city council of the city passes a resolution |
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accepting the assets, debts, and contractual rights and obligations |
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of the district: |
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(1) all assets, debts, and contractual rights and |
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obligations of the district are property of the city; and |
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(2) the district is dissolved. |
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(b) On the date of the dissolution of the district, and |
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notwithstanding Section 51.790, Water Code, ownership of |
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Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170, including any attachments |
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or amendments to the certificate, transfers to the city. |
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(c) The city shall notify the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality of the dissolution of the district and the |
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transfer of Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170 to the city. |
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(d) On receipt of notice under Subsection (c) of this |
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section, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall note |
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in its records that Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170 is |
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owned by the city. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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shall, as a ministerial act, transfer the certificate to the city |
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without further application, notice, or hearing. A person, party, |
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or entity does not have any right of protest, objection, or |
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administrative review of the transfer prescribed by this Act. |
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(e) The transfer of Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170 |
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to the city does not affect or impair the priority, extent, |
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validity, or purpose of the certificate. |
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SECTION 3. EXPIRATION OF ACT. This Act expires September 1, |
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2013. |
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SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |