Texas 2009 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB2514 Enrolled / Bill

Filed 02/01/2025

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                    S.B. No. 2514


 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 8813.007, 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 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 8813, Special District
 Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8813.120 to read as
 follows:
 Sec. 8813.120.  ACTION AGAINST PERSON, DISTRICT, OR
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a)  The authority may bring an action in a
 district court against a person, including a district or other
 political subdivision located in the authority's territory or
 included in the authority's groundwater reduction plan, to:
 (1)  recover any fees, rates, charges, assessments,
 collection expenses, attorney's fees, interest, penalties, or
 administrative penalties due the authority; or
 (2) enforce the authority's rules or orders.
 (b)  Governmental immunity from suit or liability of a
 district or other political subdivision is waived for the purposes
 of an action under this section.
 SECTION 3. 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.
 ______________________________ ______________________________
 President of the Senate Speaker of the House
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2514 passed the Senate on
 April 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 ______________________________
 Secretary of the Senate
 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2514 passed the House on
 May 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, two present
 not voting.
 ______________________________
 Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved:
 ______________________________
 Date
 ______________________________
 Governor