By: Deuell S.B. No. 2413
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the Kaufman County Water Control and
Improvement District No. 1 to undertake road projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9002.101, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection
(d) to read as follows:
(a) To the extent authorized by Section 52, Article III,
Texas Constitution, the district may construct, acquire, improve,
maintain, or operate macadamized, graveled, or paved roads [or
turnpikes], or improvements in aid of those roads [or turnpikes,
inside the district].
(d) The district may not exercise the power of eminent
domain outside the district to acquire a site or easement for a road
project authorized by this section.
SECTION 2. 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, 2009.