85R106 GRM-D
	By: Wilson	H.B. No. 1045

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the dissolution of a special utility district after the
	transfer of all obligations and services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 65, Water Code, is amended
	by adding Section 65.7271 to read as follows:
	Sec. 65.7271.  DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT FOLLOWING TRANSFER OF
	ALL OBLIGATIONS AND SERVICES. The board may propose to dissolve the
	district and issue notice of a hearing on the proposed dissolution
	if the district's:
	(1)  certificate of convenience has been transferred to
	another political subdivision; and
	(2)  assets and liabilities have been transferred to or
	assumed by another political subdivision.
	SECTION 2.  Section 65.730, Water Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 65.730.  BOARD'S ORDER TO DISSOLVE DISTRICT. (a) For a
	dissolution hearing ordered under Section 65.727, if [If] the board
	unanimously determines from the evidence that the best interests of
	the persons and property in the district will be served by
	dissolving the district, the board shall enter the appropriate
	findings and order in its records dissolving the district.
	Otherwise the board shall enter its order providing that the
	district has not been dissolved.
	(b)  For a dissolution hearing ordered under Section
	65.7271, if two-thirds or more of the members of the board vote to
	dissolve the district, the board shall enter the appropriate
	findings and order in its records dissolving the district.
	Otherwise the board shall enter its order providing that the
	district has not been dissolved.
	SECTION 3.  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 September 1, 2017.