Bill Text: TX SB2254 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 and the territory of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District and the Barton Springs-Edwards Aquifer Conservation District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-01 - Recommendations filed with the Senate [SB2254 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2254-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 2254 |
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relating to the powers and duties of the Needmore Ranch Municipal | ||
Utility District No. 1 and the territory of the Hays Trinity | ||
Groundwater Conservation District and the Barton Springs-Edwards | ||
Aquifer Conservation District. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 8471.102, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8471.102. GROUNDWATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT AND | ||
MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND DUTIES; CONFLICTS OF LAW. | ||
(a) The district has the powers and duties provided by the general | ||
law of this state, including Chapters 36, 49, and 54, Water Code, | ||
applicable to groundwater conservation districts and municipal | ||
utility districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas | ||
Constitution. | ||
(b) If there is a conflict between Chapters 36 and 54, Water | ||
Code, Chapter 54 prevails. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 8802.003, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8802.003. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is | ||
composed of the territory described by the Texas Water Commission's | ||
August 15, 1986, order, as that territory may have been modified | ||
under: | ||
(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or | ||
(2) other law. | ||
(b) If the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 | ||
is confirmed at an election held for that purpose, the territory of | ||
the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 is removed from | ||
the district. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 8843.004, Special District Local Laws | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 8843.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district's | ||
boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Hays County, | ||
excluding any area that on September 1, 2001, was within another | ||
groundwater conservation district with authority to require a | ||
permit to drill or alter a well for the withdrawal of groundwater, | ||
unless the district's territory has been modified under: | ||
(1) Subchapter J, Chapter 36, Water Code; or | ||
(2) other law. | ||
(b) If the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 | ||
is confirmed at an election held for that purpose, the territory of | ||
the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1 is removed from | ||
the district. | ||
SECTION 4. (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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |