Bill Text: TX HB4712 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 7.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB4712 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4712-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 7.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB4712 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4712-Comm_Sub.html
By: Miller (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) | H.B. No. 4712 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; | ||
May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water & | ||
Rural Affairs; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the powers and duties of the Fort Bend County Levee | ||
Improvement District No. 7. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 7808.001(3), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Reuse project [ |
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improvement, appliance, appurtenance, land, interest in property, | ||
participation right, contract right, practice, technique, or | ||
technology that: | ||
(A) facilitates the recycling and reuse of water, | ||
wastewater effluent, or other water or wastewater by-product; and | ||
(B) results in additional water supplies for | ||
future or alternative uses. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 7808, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER B. REUSE PROJECT POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
Sec. 7808.151. ACQUISITION OF REUSE PROJECT. The district | ||
may acquire a reuse project, including by purchase or lease. | ||
Sec. 7808.152. CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND OPERATION OF | ||
REUSE PROJECT. The district may construct, rehabilitate, repair, | ||
improve, enlarge, operate, and maintain a reuse project. | ||
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Sec. 7808.154. CONVEYANCE OF REUSE PROJECT. If the board | ||
considers the terms appropriate and favorable to the district, the | ||
district may convey a reuse project to a: | ||
(1) municipality in whose extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction all or part of the district is located; or | ||
(2) political subdivision located wholly or partly in | ||
the district. | ||
Sec. 7808.155. USE OF REUSE PROJECT WATER. If the board | ||
considers the terms appropriate and favorable to the district, the | ||
district may: | ||
(1) use the water from a reuse project; or | ||
(2) sell or otherwise provide the water to: | ||
(A) a homeowners' or property owners' association | ||
located in the district; or | ||
(B) with the prior consent of a municipality | ||
described by Section 7808.154(1), any person located in the | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction of that municipality, including a | ||
political subdivision, private entity, and individual. | ||
Sec. 7808.156. REUSE PROJECT FINANCING. The district may | ||
finance a reuse project with property taxes, mandatory fees, or | ||
voluntary contributions. | ||
Sec. 7808.157. REUSE PROJECT BONDS. The district may issue | ||
bonds or other obligations for a reuse project in the manner | ||
provided by Subchapter G, Chapter 57, Water Code. | ||
Sec. 7808.158. JOINT REUSE PROJECT. The district may act | ||
jointly in regard to a reuse project under an agreement or contract | ||
with any person, including a political subdivision, private entity, | ||
or individual. | ||
Sec. 7808.159. MUNICIPAL APPROVAL. (a) The plans and | ||
specifications for the construction or modification of a reuse | ||
project are subject to: | ||
(1) the review and approval of any municipality in | ||
whose extraterritorial jurisdiction all or part of the district is | ||
located; and | ||
(2) any ordinance, regulation, or standard criteria a | ||
municipality described by Subdivision (1) may adopt relating to the | ||
construction or operation of similar reuse projects in its | ||
corporate limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction. | ||
(b) The approval required by Subsection (a) must be in the | ||
form of an ordinance or resolution adopted by the governing body of | ||
the municipality. Approval for subsequent modifications, | ||
extensions, or repairs of a reuse project may be given in the manner | ||
the municipality customarily uses for other water supply | ||
improvements in its corporate limits or extraterritorial | ||
jurisdiction. | ||
SECTION 3. Chapter 7808, Special District Local Laws Code, | ||
is amended by adding Subchapter C to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. CONTRACTS | ||
Sec. 7808.201. DELIVERY METHOD. Notwithstanding the | ||
limitations provided by Sections 2269.003 and 2269.352, Government | ||
Code, for the design and construction of erosion control facilities | ||
located in or adjacent to the Brazos River and any related facility | ||
or improvement, the district may use a delivery method described | ||
by: | ||
(1) Chapter 2269, Government Code; or | ||
(2) Subchapter I, Chapter 49, Water Code. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2019. | ||
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