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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to limiting the amount of a fee or assessment imposed by |
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the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 4.04(b) and (d), Chapter 385, Acts of |
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the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are amended to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Each fiscal year, the board shall determine the amount |
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of the fee or assessment based on the water rights held by the |
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affected entity. The fee or assessment may not exceed five cents |
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per acre-foot. |
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(d) An initial fee or assessment imposed under this section |
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may not exceed five cents per acre-foot for each water right held by |
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the affected entity. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a fee or assessment that is imposed by the Rio Grande Regional Water |
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Authority on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee or |
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assessment that is imposed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the fee or assessment was |
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imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2013. |