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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the annexation and eminent domain powers of and the |
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development of certain wastewater projects by the Needmore Ranch |
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Municipal Utility District No. 1. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 8471.104 and 8471.105, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8471.104. NO [LIMITATION ON USE OF] EMINENT DOMAIN |
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POWER. [(a)] The district may not exercise the power of eminent |
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domain [except for the purpose of importing surface water or
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nonlocal groundwater into the district.
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[(b)
For purposes of this section, nonlocal groundwater
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includes only groundwater that is withdrawn from a source outside
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the Edwards Aquifer and the Trinity Aquifer]. |
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Sec. 8471.105. LIMITATION ON ANNEXATION. The district may |
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not add land by petition of less than all the landowners under |
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Section 49.302, Water Code[, unless the petition required under
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that section is signed by the owners of a two-thirds majority of the
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assessed value of the land in the defined area described by the
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petition]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8471.103(c), Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015, but only |
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if H.B. 3405, S.B. 1440, or similar legislation of the 84th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, that enlarges the territory of |
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the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District to |
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include the territory of the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility |
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District No. 1, becomes law. If such a bill does not become law, |
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this Act has no effect. |