By: Talarico (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 1606

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2021; May 3, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural Affairs; May 11, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 11, 2021, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and removal of dams by the Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1, Chapter 341, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 1. The creation and organization of the Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Williamson and Milam Counties[, hereinafter referred to as "District,"] is hereby in all things validated. Without limiting the generalization of the foregoing, it is specifically provided that the order adopted by the State Board of Water Engineers of Texas on the first day of November, 1956, creating said District; the election held within said District on the eighth day of January, 1957, for the confirmation of the organization of said District, the election of directors, and for the issuance of preliminary bonds and levy of taxes in payment therefor, and all proceedings in connection with the order and said election are in all respects validated and when said preliminary bonds have been issued and delivered to the purchaser or purchasers thereof, they shall be incontestable.

SECTION 2. Chapter 341, Acts of the 55th Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, is amended by adding Sections 1A and 8A to read as follows:

Sec. 1A. In this chapter, "district" means the Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District and the Lower Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District.

Sec. 8A. The Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District is not required to comply with municipal regulations regarding the construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, or removal of dams.

SECTION 3. 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, 2021.

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