Bill Text: TX HB3898 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to water districts in Bandera County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-22 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB3898 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3898-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to water districts in Bandera County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-22 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB3898 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3898-Introduced.html
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By: Hilderbran | H.B. No. 3898 |
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relating to water districts in Bandera County. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8872 to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 8872. BANDERA COUNTY RIVER AUTHORITY AND GROUNDWATER | ||
DISTRICT | ||
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
Sec. 8872.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
(2) "Director" means a board member. | ||
(3) "District" means the Bandera County River | ||
Authority and Groundwater District. | ||
Sec. 8872.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
groundwater conservation district and water control and | ||
improvement district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas | ||
Constitution. | ||
Sec. 8872.003. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE. (a) | ||
The district is created to serve a public purpose and benefit. | ||
(b) The district is created to accomplish the purposes of a | ||
water control and improvement district and a groundwater | ||
conservation district, as provided by general law and Section 59, | ||
Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
Sec. 8872.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The boundaries of the | ||
district are coextensive with the boundaries of Bandera County, | ||
Texas. | ||
[Sections 8872.005-8872.050 reserved for expansion] | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
Sec. 8872.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS. (a) The | ||
district is governed by a board of nine directors. | ||
(b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms. | ||
Sec. 8872.052. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS. Two directors are | ||
elected from each commissioners precinct. One director is elected | ||
at large. | ||
Sec. 8872.053. ELECTION DATE. Every two years an election | ||
shall be held on the uniform election date in November to elect the | ||
appropriate number of directors. | ||
[Sections 8872.054-8872.100 reserved for expansion] | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 8872.101. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT POWERS. | ||
The district has the powers and duties provided by the general law | ||
of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, and Section 59, | ||
Article XVI, Texas Constitution, applicable to groundwater | ||
conservation districts. | ||
Sec. 8872.102. LIMIT ON WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT | ||
DISTRICT POWERS. The district may exercise the powers of a water | ||
control and improvement district, including the powers provided by | ||
Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, in any area of the district except | ||
an area that is included in the territory of the Bandera County | ||
Fresh Water Supply District No. 1. | ||
Sec. 8872.103. CONFLICT OF LAWS. To the extent of a | ||
conflict between Chapter 36 and another chapter of the Water Code | ||
applicable to the district, Chapter 36 prevails. | ||
SECTION 2. The following are repealed: | ||
(1) Chapter 629, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 1971; and | ||
(2) Chapter 654, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 1989. | ||
SECTION 3. The term of a director elected to the board of | ||
the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District in May | ||
2011 expires on December 1, 2014, and the term of a director elected | ||
to the board in May 2013 expires December 1, 2016. | ||
SECTION 4. (a) The legislature finds that the Bandera | ||
County River Authority and Groundwater District was originally | ||
created by Chapter 629, Acts of the 62nd Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 1971, as the Bandera County River Authority, and then | ||
modified or merged by Chapter 654, Acts of the 71st Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 1989, as the Springhills Water Management | ||
District. | ||
(b) The legislature further finds that the Springhills | ||
Water Management District was renamed the Bandera County River | ||
Authority and Groundwater District in 2003. | ||
SECTION 5. (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 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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |