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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Corn Hill Regional Water Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 8364.004, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The authority is created to accomplish: |
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(1) the control, storage, conservation, preservation, |
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distribution, and use of water for domestic, industrial, municipal, |
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and all other useful purposes as provided by Section 59, Article |
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XVI, Texas Constitution; |
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(2) the reclamation and drainage of the district's |
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overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage; |
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(3) the control, abatement, and change of any shortage |
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or harmful excess of water; and |
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(4) the protection, preservation, and restoration of |
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the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 8364, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8364.052 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8364.052. EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS. (a) At any time, the |
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board may by resolution: |
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(1) appoint a nonvoting ex officio director to serve |
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at the pleasure of the board; and |
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(2) remove an ex officio director. |
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(b) An ex officio director: |
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(1) is entitled to all notices and information given |
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to and accessible to a director; and |
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(2) may attend and participate in any board meeting. |
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SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 8364.072, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision |
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may petition the board to add that municipality, county, or other |
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political subdivision as a member entity. |
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SECTION 4. Section 8364.103, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8364.103. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND |
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DUTIES; LIMITATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection |
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[Subsections] (b) [and (c)], the authority has the powers and |
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duties provided by the general law of this state, including |
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Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility |
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districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas |
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Constitution. |
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(b) The authority may not provide [wastewater, drainage,] |
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solid waste disposal[,] or road facilities or services. |
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[(c)
The authority does not have any power that the member
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entities do not have.] |
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SECTION 5. Subsection (a), Section 8364.151, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) For any authorized authority purpose, the authority may |
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issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from |
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revenue of the authority's water system, sanitary sewer system, or |
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drainage system, including revenue from contracts with member |
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entities or customers, or any combination of those sources of |
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revenue. |
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SECTION 6. Subchapter D, Chapter 8364, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8364.153 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8364.153. FUNDING BY MEMBERS. Under a contract with |
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the authority, a member entity may make payments from any of the |
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member entity's sources of revenue, including ad valorem taxes, |
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impact fees, grants, sales and use taxes, and any other source to |
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provide money for the administrative and operating expenses of the |
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authority. |
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SECTION 7. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 8. 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. |
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