By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 782
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a permit exemption for certain drainage districts
located in counties bordering the United Mexican States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.142, Water Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Without obtaining a permit, a drainage district that is
located in a county bordering the United Mexican States and that has
one or more drainage ditches that empty into the Gulf of Mexico may
construct on district property one or more reservoirs supplied from
the district's drainage ditches. The district is authorized to
sell, on terms acceptable to the district, water in such reservoir
to a municipality, irrigation district, or other person.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.