Bill Text: TX SB1814 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transference of certain territory from one groundwater conservation district to another.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB1814 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1814-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1814 |
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relating to the transference of certain territory from one | ||
groundwater conservation district to another. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 36, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter J-1 to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER J-1. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN TERRITORY | ||
Sec. 36.341. PETITION TO TRANSFER. The owner of a parcel of | ||
land that is greater than 1,000 acres in area and is included in the | ||
territory of two or more groundwater conservation districts by a | ||
petition presented to the districts may request that the districts | ||
transfer portions of their territories as necessary for the entire | ||
parcel to be included in the territory of a single district. | ||
Sec. 36.342. CONTENTS OF PETITION. A petition submitted | ||
under this subchapter must: | ||
(1) accurately describe the boundaries of the parcel; | ||
and | ||
(2) provide a statement from a district that is | ||
proposed to receive the portion of the parcel that the district is | ||
willing to accept the land into its territory. | ||
Sec. 36.343. ACTIONS ON RECEIVING PETITION. (a) Each | ||
district on receiving a petition under this subchapter shall | ||
undertake to enter into an agreement with the other district or | ||
districts to effectuate the transfer of territory as requested and | ||
within a reasonable period of time. If a district from which | ||
territory is to be removed under this section has outstanding debt | ||
or obligations, that district and the district to which the | ||
territory is to be added shall enter into an agreement that ensures | ||
that the debts of the originating district are not impaired by the | ||
transfer of the territory. | ||
(b) On entering the agreement, the districts shall adopt a | ||
joint resolution approving the petition. The resolution must | ||
provide the date on which the transfer is to be effective. On that | ||
date, the requested land is annexed to the territory of the district | ||
that is proposed to receive the land. | ||
Sec. 36.344. NOTIFICATION OF COMMISSION. Each district | ||
that adds or removes territory under this subchapter shall notify | ||
the commission of the change in territory. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |