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AN ACT
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relating to the area served by certain municipal drainage utility |
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systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (8), Section 402.044, Local |
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Government Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(8) "Service area" means the municipal boundaries and |
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any other land areas outside the municipal boundaries which, as a |
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result of topography or hydraulics, contribute overland flow into |
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the watersheds served by the drainage system of a municipality; |
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provided, however, that in no event may a service area extend |
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farther than the boundaries of a municipality's current |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction, nor, except as provided by Section |
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402.0451, may a service area of one municipality extend into the |
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boundaries of another municipality. The service area is to be |
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established in the ordinance establishing the drainage utility. |
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Provided, that no municipality shall extend a service area outside |
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of its municipal boundaries except: |
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(A) a municipality of more than 500,000 [400,000] |
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population located within 50 miles of an international border [in
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one or more counties of less than 600,000 population according to
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the most recent federal census]; |
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(B) a municipality all or part of which is |
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located over or within the Edwards Aquifer recharge zone or the |
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Edwards Aquifer transition zone, as designated by the Texas Natural |
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Resource Conservation Commission; or |
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(C) as provided by Section 402.0451. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 688 passed the Senate on |
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March 28, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 21, 2007, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 688 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 17, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 143, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |