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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality to issue an order to create a special district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 36, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 36.022 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 36.022. COMMISSION MAY NOT CREATE DISTRICT. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may not issue an |
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order creating a district after September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 49.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 49.012. COMMISSION MAY NOT CREATE DISTRICT. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may not issue an |
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order creating a district after September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 375, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 375.027 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 375.027. COMMISSION MAY NOT CREATE DISTRICT. |
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Notwithstanding any other law, the commission may not issue an |
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order creating a district after September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act do not apply |
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to the creation of a district for which the required documentation |
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or petition was submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality before the effective date of this Act. The creation of a |
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district for which the required documentation or petition was |
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submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the district submitted the documentation or petition, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |