H.B. No. 1606
AN ACT
relating to the construction, maintenance, rehabilitation, and
removal of dams by the Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and
Improvement District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1, Chapter 341, Acts of the 55th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1957, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1. The creation and organization of the Brushy Creek
Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 of Williamson and
Milam Counties[, hereinafter referred to as "District,"] is hereby
in all things validated. Without limiting the generalization of the
foregoing, it is specifically provided that the order adopted by
the State Board of Water Engineers of Texas on the first day of
November, 1956, creating said District; the election held within
said District on the eighth day of January, 1957, for the
confirmation of the organization of said District, the election of
directors, and for the issuance of preliminary bonds and levy of
taxes in payment therefor, and all proceedings in connection with
the order and said election are in all respects validated and when
said preliminary bonds have been issued and delivered to the
purchaser or purchasers thereof, they shall be incontestable.
SECTION 2. Chapter 341, Acts of the 55th Legislature,
Regular Session, 1957, is amended by adding Sections 1A and 8A to
read as follows:
Sec. 1A. In this chapter, "district" means the Upper Brushy
Creek Water Control and Improvement District and the Lower Brushy
Creek Water Control and Improvement District.
Sec. 8A. The Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and
Improvement District is not required to comply with municipal
regulations regarding the construction, maintenance,
rehabilitation, or removal of dams.
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, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1606 was passed by the House on April
23, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 13, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1606 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor