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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the sunset review of the Sulphur River Basin Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. SULPHUR RIVER BASIN AUTHORITY. Chapter 3, Acts |
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of the 69th Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1985, is amended by |
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adding Section 1A to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1A. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. (a) The authority is |
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subject to Section 325.025, Government Code. Unless the authority |
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is continued in existence as provided by Chapter 325 of that code, |
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on September 1, 2015: |
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(1) the authority is abolished; |
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(2) the assets of the authority are transferred to |
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this state; and |
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(3) this Act expires. |
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(b) The abolishment of the authority does not affect any |
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existing rights, or existing priorities in the rights, to water |
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from the source of supply. The abolishment of the authority is not |
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an abandonment or waiver of those rights or priorities and is not an |
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abandonment of the original point of diversion from the source of |
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supply. All those rights existing at the time of the abolishment of |
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the authority are preserved. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |