By: Hegar S.B. No. 2514
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers of the North Fort Bend Water Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8813.103, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) The authority may bring an action for the purpose of
recovering from a person, district, or local government included in
the authority's boundaries or in the authority's groundwater
reduction plan any fees, rates, charges, assessments, collection
expenses, attorney's fees, interest, penalties, or civil penalties
due the authority or to enforce the authority's rules or orders.
With respect to a district or local government, sovereign and
governmental immunity from suit and liability is waived for
purposes of adjudicating an action described in this subsection.
SECTION 2. Section 8813.007, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Chapter 36, Water Code, does not apply to the authority.
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,
lieutenant governor, and 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 have been
fulfilled and accomplished.