H.B. No. 3137
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to limiting the amount of a fee or assessment imposed by
  the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 4.04(b) and (d), Chapter 385, Acts of
  the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are amended to read as
  follows:
         (b)  Each fiscal year, the board shall determine the amount
  of the fee or assessment based on the water rights held by the
  affected entity.  The fee or assessment may not exceed five cents
  per acre-foot.
         (d)  An initial fee or assessment imposed under this section
  may not exceed five cents per acre-foot for each water right held by
  the affected entity.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  a fee or assessment that is imposed by the Rio Grande Regional Water
  Authority on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee or
  assessment that is imposed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect when the fee or assessment was
  imposed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3137 was passed by the House on May 2,
  2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3137 was passed by the Senate on May
  20, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor