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1	1	By: Riddle (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 3934
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2013;
3	3	May 14, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
4	4	Resources; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to powers of the North Harris County Regional Water
11	11	Authority relating to certain wells.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 4.03, Chapter 1029, Acts of the 76th
14	14	Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by adding Subsection
15	15	(e) to read as follows:
16	16	(e) Notwithstanding any other law, the authority may impose
17	17	a charge under Subsection (b) on a well or class of wells located
18	18	within the boundaries of the authority that, on or after June 30,
19	19	2013:
20	20	(1) ceases to be subject to a groundwater reduction
21	21	requirement imposed by the subsidence district; or
22	22	(2) is no longer subject to the regulatory provisions,
23	23	permitting requirements, or jurisdiction of the subsidence
24	24	district.
25	25	SECTION 2. The North Harris County Regional Water Authority
26	26	retains all rights, powers, privileges, authorities, duties, and
27	27	functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.
28	28	SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
29	29	governmental acts and proceedings of the North Harris County
30	30	Regional Water Authority that were taken before the effective date
31	31	of this Act.
32	32	(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
33	33	effective date of this Act:
34	34	(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
35	35	ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
36	36	judgment; or
37	37	(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
38	38	SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
39	39	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
40	40	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
41	41	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
42	42	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
43	43	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
44	44	Government Code.
45	45	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
46	46	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
47	47	Environmental Quality.
48	48	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
49	49	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
50	50	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
51	51	representatives within the required time.
52	52	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
53	53	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
54	54	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
55	55	and accomplished.
56	56	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
57	57	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
58	58	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
59	59	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
60	60	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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