TITLE: Relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.

SUMMARY: Relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the transfer of the assets of and the dissolution of the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: (1) "City" means the City of Sugar Land. (2) "District" means the Fort Bend County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1. SECTION 2. TRANSFER OF ASSETS AND DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. (a) On the date the city council of the city passes a resolution accepting the assets, debts, and contractual rights and obligations of the district: (1) all assets, debts, and contractual rights and obligations of the district are property of the city; and (2) the district is dissolved. (b) On the date of the dissolution of the district, and notwithstanding Section 51.790, Water Code, ownership of Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170, including any attachments or amendments to the certificate, transfers to the city. (c) The city shall notify the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of the dissolution of the district and the transfer of Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170 to the city. (d) On receipt of notice under Subsection (c) of this section, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall note in its records that Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170 is owned by the city. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall, as a ministerial act, transfer the certificate to the city without further application, notice, or hearing. A person, party, or entity does not have any right of protest, objection, or administrative review of the transfer prescribed by this Act. (e) The transfer of Certificate of Adjudication No. 11-5170 to the city does not affect or impair the priority, extent, validity, or purpose of the certificate. SECTION 3. EXPIRATION OF ACT. This Act expires September 1, 2013. SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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.