| 1 | 1 | | 84R10936 SGA-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miller of Fort Bend H.B. No. 3206 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the powers, rights, and duties of the Fort Bend County |
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| 8 | 8 | | Levee Improvement District No. 2. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle E, Title 6, Special District Local Laws |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7810 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | CHAPTER 7810. FORT BEND COUNTY LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 2 |
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| 13 | 13 | | SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 7810.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" |
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| 15 | 15 | | means the Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 2. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 7810.051. USE OF STATE WATER IN DISTRICT DITCH; PERMIT |
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| 18 | 18 | | NOT REQUIRED. The district may use water that overflows from Brooks |
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| 19 | 19 | | Lake into district Ditch H to irrigate the district's levee to |
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| 20 | 20 | | prevent cracking or other compromise of the structural integrity of |
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| 21 | 21 | | the levee caused by desiccation resulting from insufficient |
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| 22 | 22 | | rainfall or drought. The district is not required to secure a |
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| 23 | 23 | | permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to use |
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| 24 | 24 | | the water in Ditch H for the purpose described by this section. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District |
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| 26 | 26 | | No. 2 retains all rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, |
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| 27 | 27 | | and functions that it had before the effective date of this Act. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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