Bill Text: TX HB3858 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to fees charged by the Coastal Bend Groundwater Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-22 - Effective immediately [HB3858 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3858-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3858 |
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relating to fees charged by the Coastal Bend Groundwater | ||
Conservation District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8829.151, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8829.151. DISTRICT REVENUE AND FEES. To accomplish | ||
the regulatory goals of the district, and to pay the district's | ||
maintenance and operating costs, the district may: | ||
(1) impose an ad valorem tax at a rate not to exceed | ||
five cents for each $100 of taxable value of property in the | ||
district; | ||
(2) assess [ |
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Section 36.205, Water Code; | ||
(3) solicit and accept grants from any public or | ||
private source; [ |
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(4) assess an export [ |
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exported from the district in an amount not to exceed 150 percent of | ||
the maximum wholesale water rate charged by the City of Houston; and | ||
(5) assess other fees authorized by Chapter 36, Water | ||
Code. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3858 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3858 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
8, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |