84R10311 SLB-F
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 792
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the Post Oak Savannah Groundwater
Conservation District to use revenue from export fees to fund road
and water infrastructure projects.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 8865.003, Special
District Local Laws Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8865.003. FINDINGS OF PUBLIC PURPOSE [USE] AND
BENEFIT.
SECTION 2. Section 8865.003(a), Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) The district is created to:
(1) serve a public use and benefit; and
(2) design, construct, acquire, finance, improve,
operate, or maintain water infrastructure and macadamized,
graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm
drainage, in aid of those roads.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 8865, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8865.104 to read as
follows:
Sec. 8865.104. WATER INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROAD PROJECTS. (a)
The district may use money collected under Section 8865.151 from
export fees to design, acquire, construct, finance, improve,
operate, and maintain water infrastructure and macadamized,
graveled, or paved roads, or improvements, including storm
drainage, in aid of those roads.
(b) The district may convey to this state, a county, or a
municipality for operation and maintenance, a road constructed
under Subsection (a).
(c) A road project must meet all applicable construction
standards, zoning and subdivision requirements, and regulations of
each municipality in whose corporate limits or extraterritorial
jurisdiction the road project is located.
(d) If a road project is not located in the corporate limits
or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, the road
project must meet all applicable construction standards,
subdivision requirements, and regulations of each county in which
the road project is located.
(e) If the state will maintain and operate the road, the
Texas Transportation Commission must approve the plans and
specifications of the road project.
SECTION 4. 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.