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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers, rights, and duties of the Fort Bend County |
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Levee Improvement District No. 2. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle E, Title 6, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7810 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 7810. FORT BEND COUNTY LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 |
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SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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Sec. 7810.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" |
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means the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 2. |
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SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES |
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Sec. 7810.051. USE OF STATE WATER IN DISTRICT DITCH; PERMIT |
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NOT REQUIRED. The district may use water that overflows from Brooks |
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Lake into district Ditch H to irrigate the district's levee to |
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prevent cracking or other compromise of the structural integrity of |
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the levee caused by desiccation resulting from insufficient |
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rainfall or drought. The district is not required to secure a |
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permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to use |
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the water in Ditch H for the purpose described by this section. |
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SECTION 2. Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District |
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No. 2 retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, |
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and functions that it had before the effective date of this Act. |
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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, 2015. |