By: Longoria (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 752
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2013;
April 17, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the types of entities that are considered municipal
water suppliers for purposes of the law governing the effect of the
subdivision of certain land on certain irrigation water rights.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 49.501, Water Code, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 49.501. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "municipal
water supplier" means a municipality, [or] a water supply
corporation, or a special utility district converted from a water
supply corporation.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.
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