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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the disannexation of land in Caldwell County by the |
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Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation District or the Plum |
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Creek Conservation District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) Not later than the 30th day after the |
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effective date of this Act, the board of the Gonzales County |
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Underground Water Conservation District and the board of the Plum |
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Creek Conservation District shall jointly prepare a form that |
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requests disannexation of land located in Caldwell County from the |
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territory of the Gonzales County Underground Water Conservation |
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District or the Plum Creek Conservation District. |
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(b) Not later than the 10th day after the form is prepared, |
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the board of the Gonzales County Underground Water District shall |
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mail the form to each owner of land that on the effective date of |
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this Act is included in the territory of both the Gonzales County |
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Underground Water District and the Plum Creek Conservation |
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District. |
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(c) On receipt of the form, each owner must clearly mark and |
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sign the form to indicate from which district the owner wants the |
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applicable land to be disannexed. An owner may not elect to have |
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land be disannexed by both districts. |
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(d) The signed forms must be returned to the board of the |
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Gonzales County Underground Water District on or before December |
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31, 2011. That board shall send a copy of each form received before |
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the deadline to the board of the Plum Creek Conservation District. |
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(e) If the owner of land does not comply with Subsection (c) |
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of this section before the deadline, the applicable land will be |
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disannexed by the Gonzales County Underground Water District. |
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(f) As soon as practicable after December 31, 2011, the land |
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specified for disannexation by the owners under Subsection (c) of |
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this section or subject to disannexation under Subsection (e) of |
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this section shall be disannexed by resolution of the board of the |
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Gonzales County Underground Water District or the Plum Creek |
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Conservation District, as appropriate. |
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(g) The board of each district shall file a copy of that |
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district's disannexation resolution in the office of the county |
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clerk of Caldwell County. The county clerk shall record the |
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resolution in the county records. On the date the disannexation |
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resolution is recorded, the excluded territory is no longer part of |
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the district that filed the resolution. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |