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1	1	By: Farney (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 701
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
3	3	April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
4	4	Administration; April 23, 2013, reported favorably by the
5	5	following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 23, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the Corn Hill Regional Water Authority; providing
11	11	authority to impose fees and taxes.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 8364.004(c), Special District Local Laws
14	14	Code, is amended to read as follows:
15	15	(c) The authority is created to accomplish:
16	16	(1) the control, storage, conservation, preservation,
17	17	distribution, and use of water for domestic, industrial, municipal,
18	18	and all other useful purposes as provided by Section 59, Article
19	19	XVI, Texas Constitution;
20	20	(2) the reclamation and drainage of the district's
21	21	overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage;
22	22	(3) the control, abatement, and change of any shortage
23	23	or harmful excess of water; and
24	24	(4) the protection, preservation, and restoration of
25	25	the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state.
26	26	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 8364, Special District
27	27	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8364.052 to read as
28	28	follows:
29	29	Sec. 8364.052. EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS. (a) At any time, the
30	30	board may by resolution:
31	31	(1) appoint a nonvoting ex officio director to serve
32	32	at the pleasure of the board; and
33	33	(2) remove an ex officio director.
34	34	(b) An ex officio director:
35	35	(1) is entitled to all notices and information given
36	36	to and accessible to a director; and
37	37	(2) may attend and participate in any board meeting.
38	38	SECTION 3. Section 8364.072(a), Special District Local Laws
39	39	Code, is amended to read as follows:
40	40	(a) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision
41	41	may petition the board to add that municipality, county, or other
42	42	political subdivision as a member entity.
43	43	SECTION 4. Section 8364.103, Special District Local Laws
44	44	Code, is amended to read as follows:
45	45	Sec. 8364.103. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
46	46	DUTIES; LIMITATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection
47	47	[Subsections] (b) [and (c)], the authority has the powers and
48	48	duties provided by the general law of this state, including
49	49	Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility
50	50	districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
51	51	Constitution.
52	52	(b) The authority may not provide [wastewater, drainage,]
53	53	solid waste disposal[,] or road facilities or services.
54	54	[(c) The authority does not have any power that the member
55	55	entities do not have.]
56	56	SECTION 5. Section 8364.151(a), Special District Local Laws
57	57	Code, is amended to read as follows:
58	58	(a) For any authorized authority purpose, the authority may
59	59	issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
60	60	revenue of the authority's water system, sanitary sewer system, or
61	61	drainage system, including revenue from contracts with member
62	62	entities or customers, or any combination of those sources of
63	63	revenue.
64	64	SECTION 6. Subchapter D, Chapter 8364, Special District
65	65	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8364.153 to read as
66	66	follows:
67	67	Sec. 8364.153. FUNDING BY MEMBERS. Under a contract with
68	68	the authority, a member entity may make payments from any of the
69	69	member entity's sources of revenue, including ad valorem taxes,
70	70	impact fees, grants, sales and use taxes, and any other source to
71	71	provide money for the administrative and operating expenses of the
72	72	authority.
73	73	SECTION 7. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
74	74	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
75	75	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
76	76	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
77	77	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
78	78	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
79	79	Government Code.
80	80	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
81	81	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
82	82	Environmental Quality.
83	83	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
84	84	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
85	85	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
86	86	representatives within the required time.
87	87	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
88	88	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
89	89	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
90	90	and accomplished.
91	91	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
92	92	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
93	93	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
94	94	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
95	95	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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