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1	1	By: Schwertner S.B. No. 1844
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 20, 2013; March 25, 2013, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
4	4	April 10, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 10, 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.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 8364.004, Special
13	13	District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
14	14	(c) The authority is created to accomplish:
15	15	(1) the control, storage, conservation, preservation,
16	16	distribution, and use of water for domestic, industrial, municipal,
17	17	and all other useful purposes as provided by Section 59, Article
18	18	XVI, Texas Constitution;
19	19	(2) the reclamation and drainage of the district's
20	20	overflowed lands and other lands needing drainage;
21	21	(3) the control, abatement, and change of any shortage
22	22	or harmful excess of water; and
23	23	(4) the protection, preservation, and restoration of
24	24	the purity and sanitary condition of water within the state.
25	25	SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 8364, Special District
26	26	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8364.052 to read as
27	27	follows:
28	28	Sec. 8364.052. EX OFFICIO DIRECTORS. (a) At any time, the
29	29	board may by resolution:
30	30	(1) appoint a nonvoting ex officio director to serve
31	31	at the pleasure of the board; and
32	32	(2) remove an ex officio director.
33	33	(b) An ex officio director:
34	34	(1) is entitled to all notices and information given
35	35	to and accessible to a director; and
36	36	(2) may attend and participate in any board meeting.
37	37	SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 8364.072, Special
38	38	District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
39	39	(a) A municipality, county, or other political subdivision
40	40	may petition the board to add that municipality, county, or other
41	41	political subdivision as a member entity.
42	42	SECTION 4. Section 8364.103, Special District Local Laws
43	43	Code, is amended to read as follows:
44	44	Sec. 8364.103. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
45	45	DUTIES; LIMITATIONS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection
46	46	[Subsections] (b) [and (c)], the authority has the powers and
47	47	duties provided by the general law of this state, including
48	48	Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, applicable to municipal utility
49	49	districts created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
50	50	Constitution.
51	51	(b) The authority may not provide [wastewater, drainage,]
52	52	solid waste disposal[,] or road facilities or services.
53	53	[(c) The authority does not have any power that the member
54	54	entities do not have.]
55	55	SECTION 5. Subsection (a), Section 8364.151, Special
56	56	District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
57	57	(a) For any authorized authority purpose, the authority may
58	58	issue bonds or other obligations payable wholly or partly from
59	59	revenue of the authority's water system, sanitary sewer system, or
60	60	drainage system, including revenue from contracts with member
61	61	entities or customers, or any combination of those sources of
62	62	revenue.
63	63	SECTION 6. Subchapter D, Chapter 8364, Special District
64	64	Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8364.153 to read as
65	65	follows:
66	66	Sec. 8364.153. FUNDING BY MEMBERS. Under a contract with
67	67	the authority, a member entity may make payments from any of the
68	68	member entity's sources of revenue, including ad valorem taxes,
69	69	impact fees, grants, sales and use taxes, and any other source to
70	70	provide money for the administrative and operating expenses of the
71	71	authority.
72	72	SECTION 7. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
73	73	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
74	74	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
75	75	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
76	76	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
77	77	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
78	78	Government Code.
79	79	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
80	80	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
81	81	Environmental Quality.
82	82	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
83	83	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
84	84	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
85	85	representatives within the required time.
86	86	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
87	87	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
88	88	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
89	89	and accomplished.
90	90	SECTION 8. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
91	91	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
92	92	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
93	93	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
94	94	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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