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AN ACT
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relating to payment by a water control and improvement district for |
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certain damages caused by the district's operation of a sanitary |
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sewer system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 51.340 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.340. CERTAIN DAMAGES CAUSED BY SEWAGE BACKUP. |
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(a) A district may pay actual property damages caused by the |
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backup of the district's sanitary sewer system regardless of |
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whether the district would be liable for the damages under Chapter |
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101, Civil Practice and Remedies Code. |
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(b) This section does not waive governmental immunity from |
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suit or liability. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.340, Water Code, as added by this Act, |
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applies only to damages caused by the backup of a sanitary sewer |
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system on or after September 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1140 passed the Senate on |
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April 14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1140 passed the House on |
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May 13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |