Bill Text: TX SB1305 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of the ownership rights of the City of Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and Neches River Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-13 - Effective immediately [SB1305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1305-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1305 | ||
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| relating to the transfer of the ownership rights of the City of | ||
| Nacogdoches in the Central Heights Water System to the Angelina and | ||
| Neches River Authority. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
| (1) "Authority" means the Angelina and Neches River | ||
| Authority. | ||
| (2) "City" means the City of Nacogdoches. | ||
| SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF WATER SYSTEM. (a) Notwithstanding | ||
| Section 1502.055, Government Code, not later than 180 days from the | ||
| effective date of this Act, the city shall enter into a contract | ||
| with the authority to transfer the city's ownership interests in | ||
| the Central Heights Water System that is north of the intersection | ||
| of U.S. Highway 59 and U.S. Highway 259 to the authority, including | ||
| the assets and service area portion of the city's water system. | ||
| (b) On the date of execution of the contract under | ||
| Subsection (a): | ||
| (1) the geographic territory of the Central Heights | ||
| Water System shall be incorporated into the authority's certificate | ||
| of convenience and necessity; and | ||
| (2) all real property, easements, appurtenances, | ||
| conveyance systems, transmission and treatment systems, designated | ||
| rights-of-way, and other property interests of the city related to | ||
| the Central Heights Water System are transferred to the authority | ||
| unless specifically reserved to the city in the contract agreed to | ||
| under Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) Following the transfer under Subsection (b), the | ||
| governing body of the city shall notify the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality of the transfer of the Central Heights Water | ||
| System to the authority. | ||
| (d) On receipt of notice under Subsection (c), the Texas | ||
| Commission on Environmental Quality shall note the transfer of the | ||
| Central Heights Water System to the authority in its records. A | ||
| person, party, or entity does not have any right of protest, | ||
| objection, or administrative review of the transfer described by | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1305 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1305 passed the House on | ||
| April 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 16, | ||
| two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
