81R8855 PMO-D By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 2475 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the powers and duties of the Nueces County Water Control and Improvement District No. 4; providing powers of eminent domain. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 75, Acts of the 57th Legislature, Regular Session, 1961, is amended by adding Section 5A to read as follows: Sec. 5A. (a) The District has the powers and duties provided by the general laws of this state, including Chapters 49 and 51, Water Code, applicable to a water control and improvement district and the powers and duties provided by the general laws of this state, including Chapter 36, Water Code, applicable to a groundwater conservation district. (b) Notwithstanding Section 49.002(b), Water Code, in case of any conflict between provisions of Chapters 36 and 49, Water Code, applicable to the District, Chapter 49, Water Code, controls. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.