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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater |
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Conservation District to use revenue from export fees to fund road |
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and water infrastructure projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 8865.003, Special |
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District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8865.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE [USE] AND |
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BENEFIT. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8865.003(a), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The district is created to: |
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(1) serve a public use and benefit; and |
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(2) design, construct, acquire, finance, improve, |
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operate, or maintain water infrastructure and macadamized, |
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graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm |
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drainage, in aid of those roads. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 8865, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8865.104 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 8865.104. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROAD PROJECTS. (a) |
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The district may use money collected under Section 8865.151 from |
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export fees to design, acquire, construct, finance, improve, |
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operate, and maintain water infrastructure and macadamized, |
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graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm |
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drainage, in aid of those roads. |
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(b) The district may convey to this state, a county, or a |
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municipality for operation and maintenance, a road constructed |
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under Subsection (a). |
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(c) A road project must meet all applicable construction |
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standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of |
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each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction the road project is located. |
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(d) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits |
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or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road |
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project must meet all applicable construction standards, |
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subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which |
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the road project is located. |
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(e) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the |
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Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and |
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specifications of the road project. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |