Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	84R3607 GRM-F
2	2	By: Kuempel H.B. No. 1471
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the territory and board of the Canyon Regional Water
8	8	Authority.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 1.02(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st
11	11	Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended by adding
12	12	Subdivision(4-a) to read as follows:
13	13	(4-a) "Member entity" means an entity, including a
14	14	water supply corporation, or political subdivision whose territory
15	15	has been added to the authority by virtue of legislative action or
16	16	in accordance with the procedures provided for in Section 7.01 and
17	17	whose territory has not been removed from the authority.
18	18	SECTION 2. Section 2.03(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st
19	19	Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
20	20	(a) The authority includes all the territory located in the
21	21	service area of the member entities [Crystal Clear Water Supply
22	22	Corporation, the East Central Water Supply Corporation, the Green
23	23	Valley Water Supply Corporation, and the Springs Hill Water Supply
24	24	Corporation] as provided by their respective certificates of
25	25	convenience and necessity [issued by the commission].
26	26	SECTION 3. Section 3.02, Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st
27	27	Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
28	28	Sec. 3.02. QUALIFICATIONS OF TRUSTEES. (a) To be qualified
29	29	to serve as a trustee, a person must be:
30	30	(1) at least 18 years old; and
31	31	(2) a resident of the territory located in the
32	32	authority.
33	33	(b) A trustee who also serves on the governing body of a
34	34	member entity is not a dual officeholder and is not prohibited by
35	35	the common law doctrine of incompatibility from serving on both the
36	36	board and the governing body.
37	37	(c) Service on the board by a public officeholder is an
38	38	additional duty of that person's office.
39	39	SECTION 4. Section 4.03(a), Chapter 670, Acts of the 71st
40	40	Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, is amended to read as follows:
41	41	(a) The authority may exercise the power of eminent domain
42	42	as provided by Section 49.222, Water Code, to acquire by
43	43	condemnation a fee simple or other interest in property located in
44	44	the territory of the authority if the property interest is
45	45	necessary to the exercise of the rights or authority conferred by
46	46	this Act.
47	47	SECTION 5. Sections 4.03(b) and (c), Chapter 670, Acts of
48	48	the 71st Legislature, Regular Session, 1989, are repealed.
49	49	SECTION 6. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
50	50	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
51	51	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
52	52	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
53	53	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
54	54	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
55	55	Government Code.
56	56	(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
57	57	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
58	58	Environmental Quality.
59	59	(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
60	60	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
61	61	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
62	62	representatives within the required time.
63	63	(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
64	64	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
65	65	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
66	66	and accomplished.
67	67	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
68	68	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
69	69	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
70	70	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
71	71	Act takes effect September 1, 2015.