H.B. No. 3663
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties of the North Central Texas
Municipal Water Authority.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 9, Chapter 86, Acts of the 55th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 9. The Authority is empowered to acquire land and to
construct, lease or otherwise acquire all works, plants and other
facilities necessary or useful for the purpose of diverting,
further impounding or storing water, processing such water and
transporting it to cities and others for municipal, domestic,
industrial and mining purposes. Subject to the terms of any deed of
trust issued by the Authority, the Authority may sell, trade or
otherwise dispose of any real or personal property deemed by the
Board of Directors not to be needed for Authority purposes. The
Authority is [not] authorized to develop or otherwise acquire
underground sources of water. The Authority is not authorized to
exercise powers of eminent domain outside the boundaries of Baylor,
Knox, Haskell and Throckmorton Counties.
SECTION 2. All acts of the North Central Texas Municipal
Water Authority relating to the development or acquisition of
groundwater occurring on or before the effective date of this Act
and taken in response to emergency drought conditions that have not
been rescinded or are the subject of pending litigation are
validated in all respects.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3663 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3663 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor