Bill Text: TX HB701 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Corn Hill Regional Water Authority; providing authority to impose fees and taxes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-10 - Effective immediately [HB701 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB701-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 701 |
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relating to the Corn Hill Regional Water Authority; providing | ||
authority to impose fees and taxes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8364.004(c), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The authority is created to accomplish: | ||
(1) the control, storage, conservation, preservation, | ||
distribution, and use of water for domestic, industrial, municipal, | ||
and all other useful purposes as provided by Section 59, Article | ||
XVI, Texas Constitution; | ||
(2) the reclamation and drainage of the district's | ||
overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage; | ||
(3) the control, abatement, and change of any shortage | ||
or harmful excess of water; and | ||
(4) the protection, preservation, and restoration of | ||
the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 8364, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8364.052 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 8364.052. EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS. (a) At any time, the | ||
board may by resolution: | ||
(1) appoint a nonvoting ex officio director to serve | ||
at the pleasure of the board; and | ||
(2) remove an ex officio director. | ||
(b) An ex officio director: | ||
(1) is entitled to all notices and information given | ||
to and accessible to a director; and | ||
(2) may attend and participate in any board meeting. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 8364.072(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision | ||
may petition the board to add that municipality, county, or other | ||
political subdivision as a member entity. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 8364.103, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8364.103. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND | ||
DUTIES; LIMITATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection | ||
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duties provided by the general law of this state, including | ||
Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility | ||
districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas | ||
Constitution. | ||
(b) The authority may not provide [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 8364.151(a), Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) For any authorized authority purpose, the authority may | ||
issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from | ||
revenue of the authority's water system, sanitary sewer system, or | ||
drainage system, including revenue from contracts with member | ||
entities or customers, or any combination of those sources of | ||
revenue. | ||
SECTION 6. Subchapter D, Chapter 8364, Special District | ||
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8364.153 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 8364.153. FUNDING BY MEMBERS. Under a contract with | ||
the authority, a member entity may make payments from any of the | ||
member entity's sources of revenue, including ad valorem taxes, | ||
impact fees, grants, sales and use taxes, and any other source to | ||
provide money for the administrative and operating expenses of the | ||
authority. | ||
SECTION 7. (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 8. 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. 701 was passed by the House on April | ||
11, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 701 was passed by the Senate on April | ||
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |