84R10936 SGA-F
By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 3206
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers, rights, and duties of the Fort Bend County
Levee Improvement District No. 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle E, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7810 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 7810. FORT BEND COUNTY LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 7810.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
means the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 2.
SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES
Sec. 7810.051. USE OF STATE WATER IN DISTRICT DITCH; PERMIT
NOT REQUIRED. The district may use water that overflows from Brooks
Lake into district Ditch H to irrigate the district's levee to
prevent cracking or other compromise of the structural integrity of
the levee caused by desiccation resulting from insufficient
rainfall or drought. The district is not required to secure a
permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to use
the water in Ditch H for the purpose described by this section.
SECTION 2. Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District
No. 2 retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties,
and functions that it had before the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. 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.