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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of navigation districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 60.101, Water Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) A district may contract with a broker to sell or lease a |
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tract of land in the same manner as the commissioners court of a |
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county under Section 263.008, Local Government Code. |
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(e) A lease that requires the lessee to construct |
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improvements on land owned by the district is not a public work |
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contract for purposes of Chapter 2253, Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 60.172(b), (c), and (d), Water Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commission shall fix a time and place at which a |
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public hearing concerning the proposed indebtedness shall be held. |
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The date of the hearing shall be not less than seven [15] days nor |
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more than 30 days from the date of the resolution of the commission |
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giving [the] notice of the hearing date. |
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(c) Notice published by the commission under this section |
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shall: |
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(1) include a statement of the amount and purpose of |
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the proposed indebtedness; |
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(2) inform all persons of the time and place of |
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hearing; and |
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(3) inform all persons of their right to express their |
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views [appear] at the hearing, orally or in writing, and contend for |
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or protest the creation of the indebtedness. |
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(d) The secretary of the commission shall publish [post |
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copies of] the notice not earlier than the seventh day [for 10 days] |
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before the date [day] of the hearing: |
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(1) in a newspaper of general circulation in the |
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district's territory that is available to residents of the |
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district; or |
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(2) on the district's Internet website, in an area of |
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that website used to inform district residents about events such as |
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public meetings [three public places in the district and at the door |
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of each county courthouse located in the district]. |
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SECTION 3. The heading to Section 60.405, Water Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 60.405. PROPOSAL PROCEDURES [COMPETITIVE SEALED |
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PROPOSALS]. |
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SECTION 4. Section 60.172(e), Water Code, is repealed. |
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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, 2021. |