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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the territory of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer |
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Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 8802.003, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8802.003. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is |
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composed of: |
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(1) the territory described by the Texas Water |
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Commission's August 15, 1986, order, as that territory may have |
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been modified under: |
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(A) [(1)] Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; |
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or |
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(B) [(2)] other law; and |
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(2) the territory described as follows: |
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Beginning at a point at the intersection of the district |
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boundary as it existed on January 1, 2017, and IH-35 and East |
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William Cannon Drive, then running east on East William Cannon |
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Drive to a point where East William Cannon Drive intersects Bluff |
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Springs Road, then south and southeasterly along Bluff Springs Road |
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to a point where Bluff Springs Road intersects the district |
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boundary as it existed on January 1, 2017, then west and |
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southwesterly turning northeasterly along the district boundary as |
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it existed on January 1, 2017, to the place of beginning. |
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(b) A boundary reference in Subsection (a) to a road, |
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highway, or drive means the centerline, as of January 1, 2017, of |
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the road, highway, or drive. |
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SECTION 2. Section 8802.053, Special District Local Laws |
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Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: |
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(f) If the district is required to create single-member |
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districts that do not comply with other provisions of this section |
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in order to satisfy standards under federal law, the board of |
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directors shall revise the single-member districts as the board |
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considers appropriate to comply with those federal standards. |
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SECTION 3. The board of directors of the Barton |
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Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District shall add the |
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territory described by Section 8802.003(a)(2), Special District |
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Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, to single-member district |
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number four, as that district existed on May 26, 2016. |
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SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2017. |