By: Huffman, Hegar S.B. No. 684
(Howard of Fort Bend)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the
Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
(1) "City" means the City of Sugar Land.
(2) "District" means the Fort Bend County Water
Control and Improvement District No. 1.
SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT.
(a) On the date the city council of the city passes a resolution
accepting the assets, debts, and contractual rights and obligations
of the district:
(1) all assets, debts, and contractual rights and
obligations of the district are property of the city; and
(2) the district is dissolved.
(b) On the date of the dissolution of the district, and
notwithstanding Section 51.790, Water Code, ownership of
Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170, including any attachments
or amendments to the certificate, transfers to the city.
(c) The city shall notify the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality of the dissolution of the district and the
transfer of Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170 to the city.
(d) On receipt of notice under Subsection (c) of this
section, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall note
in its records that Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170 is
owned by the city. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
shall, as a ministerial act, transfer the certificate to the city
without further application, notice, or hearing. A person, party,
or entity does not have any right of protest, objection, or
administrative review of the transfer prescribed by this Act.
(e) The transfer of Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170
to the city does not affect or impair the priority, extent,
validity, or purpose of the certificate.
SECTION 3. EXPIRATION OF ACT. This Act expires September 1,
2013.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2011.