HB 125

By: Zwiener
  H.B. No. 125
  A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
  AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of stormwater management by certain
  counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 573.001, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 573.001.  COUNTY OR DISTRICT SUBJECT TO CHAPTER.  This
  chapter applies only to:
               (1)  a county with a population of 2.8 million or more;
               (2)  a district or authority created under Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that:
                     (A)  has boundaries coterminous with a county
  described by Subdivision (1); and
                     (B)  is authorized to provide stormwater drainage
  and flood control facilities;
               (3)  a county with a population of more than 1.3 million
  for which the primary source of drinking water is an underground
  aquifer; or
               (4)  a county [with a population of 800,000 or more]
  that:
                     (A)  contains a portion of the Edwards Aquifer; or
                     (B)  is located wholly or partly within the
  boundaries of the Hill Country Priority Groundwater Management
  Area.
         SECTION 2.  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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.