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  By: Stephenson (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 3858
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015;
  May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Administration; May 7, 2015, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
 
 
 
  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         HancockX
         UrestiX
         CampbellX
         EltifeX
         HuffinesX
         SchwertnerX
         WestX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to fees charged by the Coastal Bend Groundwater
  Conservation District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 8829.151, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 8829.151.  DISTRICT REVENUE AND FEES. To accomplish
  the regulatory goals of the district, and to pay the district's
  maintenance and operating costs, the district may:
               (1)  impose an ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed
  five cents for each $100 of taxable value of property in the
  district;
               (2)  assess [general] production fees as authorized by
  Section 36.205, Water Code;
               (3)  solicit and accept grants from any public or
  private source; [and]
               (4)  assess an export [a transfer] fee on water
  exported from the district in an amount not to exceed 150 percent of
  the maximum wholesale water rate charged by the City of Houston; and
               (5)  assess other fees authorized by Chapter 36, Water
  Code.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2015.
 
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