Bill Text: TX HB4291 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the fees charged by the Colorado County Groundwater Conservation District.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB4291 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4291-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 4291 | ||
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| relating to the fees charged by the Colorado County Groundwater | ||
| Conservation District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 8824.151, Special | ||
| District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8824.151. DISTRICT REVENUE AND FEES. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 8824.151(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) To accomplish the regulatory goals of the district, pay | ||
| the maintenance and operating costs of the district, and [ |
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| any bonds or notes issued by the district, the district may: | ||
| (1) impose ad valorem taxes at a rate not to exceed | ||
| three cents on each $100 of assessed valuation of taxable property | ||
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| (2) assess production fees as authorized by Section | ||
| 36.205, Water Code; | ||
| (3) solicit and accept grants from any public or | ||
| private source; | ||
| (4) assess an export fee on water [ |
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| 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 under Chapter 36, | ||
| Water Code. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 4291 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 4291 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
