Journal of the House of Representatives of the Regular Session of the Sixtieth Legislature of the State of Texas, Volume 1 Page: 326
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326 HOUSE JOURNAL
warrants; providing for the execution
of contracts by the president; provid-
ing for a vice-president, a secretary
and a secretary pro tem and outlin-.
ing their duties; providing for em-
ployment of engineers, attorneys,
auditors and other employees; provid-
ing for a seal for the District; pro-
viding for approval of District's plans
and specifications by the Texas Water
Rights Commission and inspection
during construction by said Commis-
sion; providing for bonds and refund-
ing bonds to be approved by the At-
torney General of Texas and register-
ed by the Comptroller of Public Ac-
counts of Texas, and providing for
negotiability, legality, validity, obliga-
tion and incontestability of the bonds
and refunding bonds; providing the
power of eminent domain shall be
limited to the county or counties with-
in which District is situated; provid-
ing District shall bear expenses of re-
locating, raising or rerouting any
highway, railroad, or utility lines or
pipelines made necessary by its ex-
ercise of the power of eminent do-
main; defining "sole expenses"; pro-
viding that the Municipal Annexation
Act shall have no application to the
creation of this District; determining
and finding the requirements of Arti-
cle 16, Section 59(d) as to notice of
intention to introduce this Act have
been fulfilled and accomplished; pro-
viding for the selection of a depository
or depositories for the District and
related matters; providing for meet-
ings and business transactions within
or without the District but within the
State of Texas; providing additional
powers of District within and without
boundaries of District; providing for
the voting and issuing of bonds to
serve areas within or without the
boundaries of District; providing for
the sale of bonds of the District in
denominations of $1,000 or multiples
thereof, for the exchange of bonds
for property and services, and for the
minimum price of bonds at such sale
or exchange; providing that Article
7880-77b shall not be applicable to
this District, and related matters; pro-
viding that notice of all elections shall
be under hand of president or secre-
tary; providing for canvassing of elec-
tion returns; providing the bonds of
this District and their transfer and
income therefrom and profits thereon
and purchases made by District shall
be tax-free in this State; providing
the bonds and refunding bonds of thisDistrict shall be eligible investments;
enacting other provisions related to
the aforementioned subjects; provid-
ing for a severability clause; and de-
claring an emergency.
Referred to Committee on Conserva-
tion and Reclamation.
By Vickery and Graves:
H. B. No. 536, A bill to be entitled
An Act creating and establishing a
conservation and reclamation district
under Article 16, Section 59, Consti-
tution of Texas, known as "Norches-
ter Municipal Utility District", de-
claring District a governmental
agency, body politic and corporate;
defining the boundaries; finding the
field notes and boundaries form a
closure, and related matters; finding
a benefit to all land and other prop-
erty within the District; finding that
District is created to serve a public
use and benefit; conferring on Dis-
trict the rights, powers, privileges,
authority and duties of the general
laws of Texas applicable to water
control and improvement districts
created under Article 16, Section 59,
Constitution of Texas, where not in
conflict with this Act and adopting
same by reference; providing for no
election for confirmation; providing
for no hearing for exclusions, except
on written request or the board of
directors' own motion; providing for
no hearing on plan of taxation and
adopting ad valorem plan of taxa-
tion for District; providing for gov-
erning body of District; providing for
qualifications and bonds of directors;
naming first board of directors; pro-
viding for directors to fill vacancies;
providing for terms and election of
directors and notice of directors elec-
tions and related matters; providing
for organization of board of direct-
ors; providing for the letting of con-
struction contracts and the drawing
of warrants; providing for the execu-
tion of contracts by the president;
providing for a vice-president, a sec-
retary and a secretary pro tem and
outlining their duties; providing for
employment of engineers, attorneys,
auditors and other employees; pro-
viding for a seal for the District;
providing for approval of District's
plans and specifications by the Texas
Water Rights Commission and in-
spection during construction by said
Commission; providing for bonds and326
HOUSE JOURNAL
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