H.B. No. 5373

	AN ACT
	relating to the powers and duties of the Hidalgo County Drainage
	District No. 1.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
	Code, is amended by adding Chapter 6609 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 6609. HIDALGO COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 1
	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	Sec. 6609.0101.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
	means the Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1.
	Sec. 6609.0102.  NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a
	conservation and reclamation district in Hidalgo County operating
	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, as a drainage
	district and a water improvement district.
	Sec. 6609.0103.  FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PURPOSE.  (a)  The
	district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
	(b)  All land and other property included in the district
	will benefit from the works and projects that are to be accomplished
	by the district under powers conferred by Section 59, Article XVI,
	Texas Constitution.
	(c)  The district is essential to accomplish the purposes of
	Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
	SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES
	Sec. 6609.0201.  GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.  (a)  The
	district has all rights, powers, privileges, functions, and duties
	provided by the general law of this state applicable to a drainage
	district and a water improvement district created under Section 59,
	Article XVI, Texas Constitution, including Chapters 49, 55, and 56,
	Water Code.
	(b)  To the extent of a conflict between this chapter and
	Chapter 49, 55, or 56, Water Code, this chapter prevails.  To the
	extent of a conflict between Chapters 55 and 56, Water Code, Chapter
	55 prevails.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
	introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
	Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
	copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
	officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
	under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
	Government Code.
	(b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
	submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality.
	(c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
	its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
	representatives within the required time.
	(d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
	state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
	to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
	and accomplished.
	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, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 5373 was passed by the House on May 9,
	2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 120, Nays 22, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 5373 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 114, Nays 25,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 5373 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
	2.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor