Bill Text: TX HB2424 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the territory of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-27 - Recommendations filed with the Speaker [HB2424 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2424-Introduced.html

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85R10856 SLB-F
By: Howard H.B. No. 2424

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the territory of the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer
Conservation District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8802.003, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8802.003. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is
composed of:
(1) the territory described by the Texas Water
Commission's August 15, 1986, order, as that territory may have
been modified under:
(A) [(1)] Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code;
or
(B) [(2)] other law; and
(2) the territory described as follows:
Beginning at a point at the intersection of the district
boundary as it existed on January 1, 2017, and IH-35 and East
William Cannon Drive, then running east on East William Cannon
Drive to a point where East William Cannon Drive intersects Bluff
Springs Road, then south and southeasterly along Bluff Springs Road
to a point where Bluff Springs Road intersects the district
boundary as it existed on January 1, 2017, then west and
southwesterly turning northeasterly along the district boundary as
it existed on January 1, 2017, to the place of beginning.
(b) A boundary reference in Subsection (a) to a road,
highway, or drive means the centerline, as of January 1, 2017, of
the road, highway, or drive.
SECTION 2. Section 8802.053, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) If the district is required to create single-member
districts that do not comply with other provisions of this section
in order to satisfy standards under federal law, the board of
directors shall revise the single-member districts as the board
considers appropriate to comply with those federal standards.
SECTION 3. The board of directors of the Barton
Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District shall add the
territory described by Section 8802.003(a)(2), Special District
Local Laws Code, as added by this Act, to single-member district
number four, as that district existed on May 26, 2016.
SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 5. 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, 2017.