83R9500 JRR-F
By: Burkett H.B. No. 3117
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of the attorney general to settle certain
civil suits initiated by a local government.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 7.359 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.359. SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY. The attorney general may
settle in full satisfaction of the claims asserted a civil suit
brought by a local government under this subchapter without the
consent or approval of the local government:
(1) for an amount that is consistent with the policies
of the state; or
(2) at the direction of the commission.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a civil suit under Subchapter H, Chapter 7, Water Code, that is
filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A civil suit filed
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the suit was filed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.