By: Campbell S.B. No. 1634
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Goforth Special Utility District.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 7212, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 7212.103 and
  7212.104 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7212.103.  LIMITATION ON EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The
  district may not exercise the power of eminent domain in a
  geographic area outside the boundaries and service area of the
  district.
         Sec. 7212.104.  PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN WATER  
  TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. The district may not construct a water
  transportation system designed in whole or in part to transport
  more than 1,000 gallons of groundwater per day if the
  transportation system in whole or in part is constructed or to be
  constructed on a right of way obtained in whole or in part:
               (1)  by exercising the power of eminent domain; or
               (2)  from a state or local governmental entity or a
  quasi-governmental entity.
         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.