Bill Text: TX SB964 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation District; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB964 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB964-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 964 | ||
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| relating to the Jeff Davis County Underground Water Conservation | ||
| District; authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle H, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8891 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 8891. JEFF DAVIS COUNTY UNDERGROUND WATER CONSERVATION | ||
| DISTRICT | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 8891.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Board" means the district's board of directors. | ||
| (2) "Commissioners court" means the Jeff Davis County | ||
| Commissioners Court. | ||
| (3) "Director" means a board member. | ||
| (4) "District" means the Jeff Davis County Underground | ||
| Water Conservation District. | ||
| Sec. 8891.002. NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a | ||
| groundwater conservation district in Jeff Davis County created | ||
| under and essential to accomplish the purposes of Section 59, | ||
| Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
| Sec. 8891.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC USE AND BENEFIT. | ||
| (a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit. | ||
| (b) All land and other property included in the district | ||
| will benefit from the works and projects accomplished by the | ||
| district under the powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI, | ||
| Texas Constitution. | ||
| Sec. 8891.004. DISTRICT TERRITORY. The district's | ||
| boundaries are coextensive with the boundaries of Jeff Davis | ||
| County, unless the district's territory has been modified under: | ||
| (1) Subchapter J or K, Chapter 36, Water Code; or | ||
| (2) other law. | ||
| Sec. 8891.005. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER GROUNDWATER | ||
| CONSERVATION DISTRICT LAW. (a) Except as otherwise provided by | ||
| this chapter, Chapter 36, Water Code, applies to the district. | ||
| (b) Section 36.121, Water Code, does not apply to the | ||
| district. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. BOARD OF DIRECTORS | ||
| Sec. 8891.051. COMPOSITION OF BOARD; TERMS. (a) The | ||
| district is governed by a board of five directors appointed by the | ||
| commissioners court. | ||
| (b) Directors serve staggered four-year terms that expire | ||
| on March 1 of the applicable odd-numbered year. | ||
| Sec. 8891.052. VACANCIES. If there is a vacancy on the | ||
| board, the commissioners court shall appoint a director to serve | ||
| the remainder of the term. | ||
| SUBCHAPTER C. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
| Sec. 8891.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has | ||
| the rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties provided by | ||
| the general law of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, | ||
| applicable to groundwater conservation districts created under | ||
| Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
| Sec. 8891.102. LIMITATION ON TAXES. The district may not | ||
| impose taxes in the district. | ||
| Sec. 8891.103. FEES. (a) The district may assess fees as | ||
| authorized by Section 36.205, Water Code. | ||
| (b) The district may not charge for an annual period | ||
| production fees greater than $1 per acre-foot for water used for | ||
| agricultural use or 17 cents per 1,000 gallons for water used for | ||
| any other purpose. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 641, Acts of the 73rd Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 1993, is repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. (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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 964 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 964 passed the House on | ||
| May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 6, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
