By: Miller (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 4712
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
  May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water &
  Rural Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following
  vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Levee
  Improvement District No. 7.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 7808.001(3), Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (3)  "Reuse project [Project]" means a facility,
  improvement, appliance, appurtenance, land, interest in property,
  participation right, contract right, practice, technique, or
  technology that:
                     (A)  facilitates the recycling and reuse of water,
  wastewater effluent, or other water or wastewater by-product; and
                     (B)  results in additional water supplies for
  future or alternative uses.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7808, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER B.  REUSE PROJECT POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 7808.151.  ACQUISITION OF REUSE PROJECT. The district
  may acquire a reuse project, including by purchase or lease.
         Sec. 7808.152.  CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF
  REUSE PROJECT. The district may construct, rehabilitate, repair,
  improve, enlarge, operate, and maintain a reuse project.
         [Sec.   7808.153.     DELIVERY METHOD. The district may use
  alternative delivery methods under Chapter 2267, Government Code,
  as added by Chapter 1129 (H.B. 628), Acts of the 82nd Legislature,
  Regular Session, 2011, for a project, in addition to any method
  provided by Chapters 49 and 57, Water Code.]
         Sec. 7808.154.  CONVEYANCE OF REUSE PROJECT. If the board
  considers the terms appropriate and favorable to the district, the
  district may convey a reuse project to a:
               (1)  municipality in whose extraterritorial
  jurisdiction all or part of the district is located; or
               (2)  political subdivision located wholly or partly in
  the district.
         Sec. 7808.155.  USE OF REUSE PROJECT WATER. If the board
  considers the terms appropriate and favorable to the district, the
  district may:
               (1)  use the water from a reuse project; or
               (2)  sell or otherwise provide the water to:
                     (A)  a homeowners' or property owners' association
  located in the district; or
                     (B)  with the prior consent of a municipality
  described by Section 7808.154(1), any person located in the
  extraterritorial jurisdiction of that municipality, including a
  political subdivision, private entity, and individual.
         Sec. 7808.156.  REUSE PROJECT FINANCING. The district may
  finance a reuse project with property taxes, mandatory fees, or
  voluntary contributions.
         Sec. 7808.157.  REUSE PROJECT BONDS. The district may issue
  bonds or other obligations for a reuse project in the manner
  provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 57, Water Code.
         Sec. 7808.158.  JOINT REUSE PROJECT. The district may act
  jointly in regard to a reuse project under an agreement or contract
  with any person, including a political subdivision, private entity,
  or individual.
         Sec. 7808.159.  MUNICIPAL APPROVAL. (a) The plans and
  specifications for the construction or modification of a reuse
  project are subject to:
               (1)  the review and approval of any municipality in
  whose extraterritorial jurisdiction all or part of the district is
  located; and
               (2)  any ordinance, regulation, or standard criteria a
  municipality described by Subdivision (1) may adopt relating to the
  construction or operation of similar reuse projects in its
  corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction.
         (b)  The approval required by Subsection (a) must be in the
  form of an ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of
  the municipality. Approval for subsequent modifications,
  extensions, or repairs of a reuse project may be given in the manner
  the municipality customarily uses for other water supply
  improvements in its corporate limits or extraterritorial
  jurisdiction.
         SECTION 3.  Chapter 7808, Special District Local Laws Code,
  is amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER C.  CONTRACTS
         Sec. 7808.201.  DELIVERY METHOD. Notwithstanding the
  limitations provided by Sections 2269.003 and 2269.352, Government
  Code, for the design and construction of erosion control facilities
  located in or adjacent to the Brazos River and any related facility
  or improvement, the district may use a delivery method described
  by:
               (1)  Chapter 2269, Government Code; or
               (2)  Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2019.
 
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