84R12497 AAF-F
By: Zerwas H.B. No. 2832
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of the North Fort Bend Water
Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 8813.006, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Notwithstanding any provision of this section or other
law, no territory may be annexed into or added to the authority
that, at the time of annexation or addition, is located within the
boundaries of both:
(1) another regional water authority created under
Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution; and
(2) a subsidence district.
SECTION 2. Section 8813.101, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) The authority is not a special water authority for
purposes of Chapter 49, Water Code.
SECTION 3. Section 8813.104(b), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The authority may [shall] provide each district or
municipality within its boundaries information regarding the share
of the capital costs to be paid by the district or municipality, as
determined by the authority, and may [shall] provide each district
or municipality the opportunity, in a manner and by a procedure
determined by the authority, to fund its share of the capital costs
with proceeds from the sale of bonds or fees and charges collected
by the districts or municipalities. A district or municipality may
use any lawful source of revenue, including bond funds, to pay any
sums due to the authority.
SECTION 4. Except as provided by this Act, the North Fort
Bend Water Authority retains all the rights, powers, privileges,
authority, duties, and functions that it had before the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 5. (a) The legislature validates and confirms all
acts and proceedings of the board of directors of the North Fort
Bend Water Authority that were taken before the effective date of
this Act.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to any
matter that on the effective date of this Act:
(1) is involved in litigation if the litigation
ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final
judgment of a court; or
(2) has been held invalid by a final judgment of a
court.
SECTION 6. Section 8813.006(g), Special District Local Laws
Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an annexation or
addition of land that is completed on or after the effective date of
this Act. An annexation or addition of land that is completed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the annexation or addition was completed, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 7. 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, 2015.