Bill Text: TX HB995 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of stormwater control and recapture planning authorities in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB995 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB995-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 995 |
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relating to the establishment of stormwater control and recapture | ||
planning authorities in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 12, Local Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Chapter 391A to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 391A. STORMWATER CONTROL AND RECAPTURE PLANNING | ||
AUTHORITIES IN CERTAIN COUNTIES | ||
Sec. 391A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(1) "Affected county" means a county that: | ||
(A) has a population of 800,000 or more; and | ||
(B) receives an average annual rainfall of 15 | ||
inches or less based on the most recent 10-year period according to | ||
data available from a reliable source, including the United States | ||
Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service | ||
or the PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University. | ||
(2) "Authority" means a commission established under | ||
this chapter. | ||
Sec. 391A.002. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) A stormwater control and | ||
recapture planning authority is established in each affected county | ||
in this state. | ||
(b) An authority is a political subdivision of this state. | ||
Sec. 391A.003. TERRITORY. The territory of an authority | ||
includes all of the territory in the affected county in which the | ||
authority is located except any territory within the boundaries or | ||
extraterritorial jurisdiction of that county's largest | ||
municipality, provided that the municipality has a plan in place | ||
for the control of stormwater on the date the authority is | ||
established. | ||
Sec. 391A.004. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The governing body of an | ||
authority is a board of directors composed of: | ||
(1) a representative of the county in which the | ||
authority is located and each municipality within the territory of | ||
the authority; | ||
(2) a representative of each water utility within the | ||
territory of the authority not also described by Subdivision (1); | ||
(3) a representative of each water district within the | ||
territory of the authority that has been in operation for at least | ||
15 years; and | ||
(4) each member of the state legislature whose | ||
legislative district is wholly or partly in the territory of the | ||
authority. | ||
Sec. 391A.005. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) An authority shall: | ||
(1) coordinate and adopt a long-range master plan to | ||
facilitate the development and management of integrated stormwater | ||
control and recapture projects and facilities within the | ||
authority's territory; | ||
(2) apply for, accept, and receive gifts, grants, | ||
loans, and other money available from any source, including the | ||
state, the federal government, and an entity represented on the | ||
board of directors under Sections 391A.004(1), (2), and (3), to | ||
perform its purposes; and | ||
(3) assist an entity represented on the board of | ||
directors under Sections 391A.004(1), (2), and (3) in carrying out | ||
an objective included in the authority's master plan. | ||
(b) The authority may: | ||
(1) enter into contracts as necessary to carry out the | ||
authority's powers and duties; and | ||
(2) employ staff and consult with and retain experts. | ||
(c) The authority may not: | ||
(1) impose a tax or issue bonds; or | ||
(2) regulate the structures or facilities of an | ||
electric utility as "electric utility" is defined by Section | ||
31.002, Utilities Code. | ||
Sec. 391A.006. EXPIRATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter expires | ||
September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 995 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 17, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 995 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |