TITLE: Relating to the annexation and eminent domain powers of and the development of certain wastewater projects by the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1.

SUMMARY: Relating to the annexation and eminent domain powers of and the development of certain wastewater projects by the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the annexation and eminent domain powers of and the development of certain wastewater projects by the Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District No. 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 8471.104 and 8471.105, Special District Local Laws Code, are amended to read as follows: Sec. 8471.104. NO [LIMITATION ON USE OF] EMINENT DOMAIN POWER.[(a)] The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain [except for the purpose of importing surface water or nonlocal groundwater into the district. [(b) For purposes of this section, nonlocal groundwater includes only groundwater that is withdrawn from a source outside the Edwards Aquifer and the Trinity Aquifer].Sec. 8471.105. LIMITATION ON ANNEXATION. The district may not add land by petition of less than all the landowners under Section 49.302, Water Code [ unless the petition required under that section is signed by the owners of a two-thirds majority of the assessed value of the land in the defined area described by the petition].SECTION 2. Section 8471.103(c), Special District Local Laws Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015, but only if H.