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Texas Local Government Code - Section 412.012. Contract For Water Supply And Sewer System In Populous County

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§ 412.012. CONTRACT FOR WATER SUPPLY AND SEWER SYSTEM IN 
POPULOUS COUNTY.  (a) The commissioners court of a county that has 
a population of more than 1.3 million and in which a municipality 
with a population of more than one million is primarily located may 
enter a contract with a district created under Article III, 
Sections 52(b)(1) and (2), or Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas 
Constitution under which the district will provide and operate a 
water supply system or sewage system in areas of the county located 
outside the limits of a municipality.
	(b)  The commissioners court may distribute federal funds 
and state water conservation and development funds received by the 
county to a district that is a party to a contract under this 
section.  Those funds may be used only for the construction, 
renovation, or maintenance of a water supply system or sewage 
system that is covered by a contract under this section.
	(c)  The acts performed and services provided under this 
section by a district must be within the scope of the powers, 
duties, and purposes of the district as provided by the laws under 
which the district was created.
	(d)  A contract that affects a municipality's 
extraterritorial jurisdiction as established by Chapter 42 must be 
submitted to and approved by the municipality.
	(e)  If a contract under this section affects an area not 
located within the limits of the contracting district, district 
funds may not be used to fulfill the contract.
	(f)  A county and a district that contract under this section 
must submit the contract to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation 
Commission for approval.  The commission shall examine the contract 
to assure that the interests of the residents of the district are 
served and protected.  A county may not enter a contract that the 
commission determines would jeopardize the quality of service 
provided by a district to the persons residing in the district.  The 
commission may submit suggested changes to the parties for 
inclusion in the contract before the commission gives its approval.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended 
by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, § 104, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;  Acts 
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 11.260, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;  Acts 
2001, 77th Leg., ch. 669, § 109, 110, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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