Bill Text: TX HB2764 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the exemption of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and Recovery Conservation District from certain provisions concerning the desired future conditions of an aquifer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-16 - Left pending in committee [HB2764 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2764-Introduced.html
83R2771 CJC-F | ||
By: Hunter | H.B. No. 2764 |
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relating to the exemption of the Corpus Christi Aquifer Storage and | ||
Recovery Conservation District from certain provisions concerning | ||
the desired future conditions of an aquifer. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8811.005, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8811.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. (a) Except as | ||
otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 36, Water Code, applies | ||
to the district. | ||
(b) The following provisions of Chapter 36, Water Code, do | ||
not apply to the district: | ||
(1) Sections 36.063(b) and (c); | ||
(2) Sections 36.1071(a)(8) and (e)(3)(A); | ||
(3) Sections 36.108(c)(4), (d), (d-1), (d-2), (d-3), | ||
and (d-4); | ||
(4) Section 36.1083; | ||
(5) Section 36.1084; | ||
(6) Section 36.1085; and | ||
(7) Section 36.1132. | ||
(c) An affected person may not file a petition with the | ||
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under Section 36.1082, | ||
Water Code, requesting an inquiry in connection with the district | ||
for a reason provided by Subsection (b)(4), (5), (6), or (7) of that | ||
section. | ||
(d) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality may not | ||
take action against the district under Section 36.3011, Water Code, | ||
based on a finding under Subdivision (4), (5), (6), or (7) of that | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a petition filed under Section 36.1082 or 36.1083, Water Code, on | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. A petition filed before | ||
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when | ||
the petition was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. (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 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, 2013. |