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1	1	By: Hegar S.B. No. 595
2	2	(Zerwas)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the power of the North Fort Bend Water Authority to
8	8	impose a charge on certain wells or classes of wells.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 8813.103, Special District Local Laws
11	11	Code, is amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection
12	12	(e-1) to read as follows:
13	13	(e) For purposes of Subsection (d), a well is subject to a
14	14	groundwater reduction requirement if the Harris-Galveston
15	15	Subsidence District or the Fort Bend Subsidence District, as
16	16	applicable, [subsidence district] has adopted or adopts a
17	17	requirement or rule that groundwater withdrawals from the well, or
18	18	from the well and other wells collectively, be reduced, including a
19	19	groundwater reduction that is not required until a future date.
20	20	(e-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), the authority may
21	21	impose a charge under Subsection (b) on a well or class of wells
22	22	located in Harris or Fort Bend County that, on or after February 1,
23	23	2013:
24	24	(1) ceases to be subject to a groundwater reduction
25	25	requirement imposed by the Harris-Galveston Subsidence District or
26	26	the Fort Bend Subsidence District, as applicable; or
27	27	(2) is no longer subject to the regulatory provisions,
28	28	permitting requirements, or jurisdiction of the Harris-Galveston
29	29	Subsidence District or the Fort Bend Subsidence District, as
30	30	applicable.
31	31	SECTION 2. The North Fort Bend Water Authority retains all
32	32	rights, powers, privileges, authorities, duties, and functions
33	33	that it had before the effective date of this Act.
34	34	SECTION 3. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
35	35	governmental acts and proceedings of the North Fort Bend Water
36	36	Authority that were taken before the effective date of this Act.
37	37	(b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the
38	38	effective date of this Act:
39	39	(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
40	40	ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court
41	41	judgment; or
42	42	(2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment.
43	43	SECTION 4. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
44	44	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
45	45	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
46	46	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
47	47	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
48	48	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
49	49	Government Code.
50	50	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
51	51	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
52	52	Environmental Quality.
53	53	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
54	54	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
55	55	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
56	56	representatives within the required time.
57	57	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
58	58	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
59	59	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
60	60	and accomplished.
61	61	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
62	62	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
63	63	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
64	64	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
65	65	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.