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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the Montgomery County Water |
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Control and Improvement District No. 3. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 9040, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 9040.105 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 9040.105. POWERS AND DUTIES RELATED TO FILL PROJECTS. |
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(a) The district has the powers and duties provided by the general |
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law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 57, Water Code, |
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applicable to levee improvement districts created under Section 59, |
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Article XVI, Texas Constitution. |
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(b) The district may: |
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(1) reclaim land in the district; and |
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(2) construct works, facilities, and improvements |
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necessary to accomplish that purpose. |
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(c) The district may finance and contract for the |
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construction of a fill project or for the acquisition of land for a |
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fill project in the district, including drainage and reclamation. |
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(d) For the district's exercise of a power of or performance |
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of a duty of a levee improvement district as provided by Subsection |
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(c), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall consider |
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the district to be a levee improvement district. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |