By: Isaac H.B. No. 3407
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Goforth Special Utility District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 7212, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Sections 7212.103 and
7212.104 to read as follows:
Sec. 7212.103. LIMITATION ON EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The
district may not exercise the power of eminent domain in a
geographic area outside the boundaries and service area of the
district.
Sec. 7212.104. PROHIBITION ON CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN WATER
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. The district may not construct a water
transportation system designed in whole or in part to transport
more than
1,000 gallons of groundwater per day if the
transportation system in whole or in part is constructed or to be
constructed on a right of way obtained in whole or in part:
(1) by exercising the power of eminent domain; or
(2) from a state or local governmental entity or a
quasi-governmental entity.
SECTION 2. 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.