By: Deuell  S.B. No. 1635
         (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2013; March 20, 2013, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
  Relations; May 2, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 3, Nays 0; May 2, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the
  Dallas County Water Control and Improvement District No. 6.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
               (1)  "City" means the City of Balch Springs.
               (2)  "District" means the Dallas County Water Control
  and Improvement District No. 6.
         SECTION 2.  TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.
  (a)  On the date the city council of the city passes a resolution
  accepting the assets, debts, and contractual rights and obligations
  of the district:
               (1)  all assets, debts, and contractual rights and
  obligations of the district are property of the city; and
               (2)  the district is dissolved.
         (b)  The city shall notify the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality of the dissolution of the district.
         SECTION 3.  NOTICE.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention
  to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         SECTION 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  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.
 
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