Bill Text: TX HB1970 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers of the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 110; providing authority to impose a fee and impose fines and penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-11 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB1970 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1970-Introduced.html
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| By: Swanson | H.B. No. 1970 | |
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| relating to the powers of the Harris County Water Control and | ||
| Improvement District No. 110; providing authority to impose a fee | ||
| and impose fines and penalties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7938 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 7938. HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT | ||
| NO. 110 | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 7938.0101. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" | ||
| means the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District | ||
| No. 110. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
| Sec. 7938.0201. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES OF | ||
| COMPLIANCE FOR STORMWATER DETENTION FACILITIES. (a) The district | ||
| may implement a program to require and issue an annual written | ||
| certificate of compliance to the owner or operator of a stormwater | ||
| detention facility within the boundaries of the district to ensure | ||
| that each stormwater detention facility is operating to abate | ||
| flooding as designed and approved by the applicable regulatory | ||
| authority. | ||
| (b) The district may assess reasonable charges and fees for | ||
| the implementation, administration, and enforcement of this | ||
| section. | ||
| (c) The district may impose a fine or penalty on the owner or | ||
| operator of a stormwater detention facility for the failure to hold | ||
| a certificate of compliance as required by the district under this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Harris County Water Control and Improvement | ||
| District No. 110 retains all the rights, powers, privileges, | ||
| authority, duties, and functions that it had before the effective | ||
| date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all | ||
| governmental acts and proceedings of the Harris County Water | ||
| Control and Improvement District No. 110 that were taken before the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the | ||
| effective date of this Act: | ||
| (1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
| ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court | ||
| judgment; or | ||
| (2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
