H.B. No. 2983
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a petition for the creation of a fresh water supply
  district.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 53.014, Water Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 53.014.  REQUISITES OF PETITION.  To be sufficient, the
  petition must:
               (1)  be signed by a majority of the persons who hold
  title to land in the proposed district that represents a total value
  of more than 50 percent of the value of all the land in the proposed
  district as indicated by the appraisal roll of the appraisal
  district in which the proposed district is located. If there are
  more than 50 persons holding title to land in the proposed district,
  the petition is sufficient if signed by 50 of those persons [contain
  the signatures of 50 or a majority of the electors of the proposed
  district who own land in the proposed district]; and
               (2)  state:
                     (A)  the boundaries of the proposed district;
                     (B)  the general nature of the projects proposed
  to be done;
                     (C)  the necessity for the proposed district;
                     (D)  the feasibility of the proposed district;
  and
                     (E)  the proposed name for the district, which
  must include the name of the county in which it is situated.
         SECTION 2.  Section 53.014, Water Code, as amended by this
  Act, does not apply to a petition for the creation of a fresh water
  supply district presented to the commissioners court of a county
  before September 1, 2007. A petition presented before September 1,
  2007, is governed by the law as it existed immediately before that
  date, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2983 was passed by the House on April
  25, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 1, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2983 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor