Bill Text: TX HB3934 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to powers of the North Harris County Regional Water Authority relating to certain wells.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3934 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3934-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3934 | ||
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| relating to powers of the North Harris County Regional Water | ||
| Authority relating to certain wells. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 4.03, Chapter 1029, Acts of the 76th | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by adding Subsection | ||
| (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Notwithstanding any other law, the authority may impose | ||
| a charge under Subsection (b) on a well or class of wells located | ||
| within the boundaries of the authority that, on or after June 30, | ||
| 2013: | ||
| (1) ceases to be subject to a groundwater reduction | ||
| requirement imposed by the subsidence district; or | ||
| (2) is no longer subject to the regulatory provisions, | ||
| permitting requirements, or jurisdiction of the subsidence | ||
| district. | ||
| SECTION 2. The North Harris County Regional Water Authority | ||
| retains all rights, powers, privileges, authorities, duties, and | ||
| functions that it had before the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all | ||
| governmental acts and proceedings of the North Harris County | ||
| Regional Water Authority that were taken before the effective date | ||
| of this Act. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the | ||
| effective date of this Act: | ||
| (1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
| ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court | ||
| judgment; or | ||
| (2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3934 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 10, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3934 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
