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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the North Central Texas |
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Municipal Water Authority. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 9, Chapter 86, Acts of the 55th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 9. The Authority is empowered to acquire land and to |
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construct, lease or otherwise acquire all works, plants and other |
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facilities necessary or useful for the purpose of diverting, |
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further impounding or storing water, processing such water and |
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transporting it to cities and others for municipal, domestic, |
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industrial and mining purposes. Subject to the terms of any deed of |
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trust issued by the Authority, the Authority may sell, trade or |
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otherwise dispose of any real or personal property deemed by the |
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Board of Directors not to be needed for Authority purposes. The |
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Authority is [not] authorized to develop or otherwise acquire |
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underground sources of water. The Authority is not authorized to |
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exercise powers of eminent domain outside the boundaries of Baylor, |
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Knox, Haskell and Throckmorton Counties. |
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SECTION 2. All acts of the North Central Texas Municipal |
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Water Authority relating to the development or acquisition of |
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groundwater occurring on or before the effective date of this Act |
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and taken in response to emergency drought conditions that have not |
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been rescinded or are the subject of pending litigation are |
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validated in all respects. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3663 was passed by the House on May 3, |
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2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3663 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |