Bill Text: TX HB3286 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the dissolution of the Rebecca Creek Municipal Utility District.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB3286 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3286-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3286 | ||
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| relating to the dissolution of the Rebecca Creek Municipal Utility | ||
| District. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. DEFINITION; BACKGROUND. (a) In this Act, | ||
| "district" means the Rebecca Creek Municipal Utility District. | ||
| (b) On or before January 1, 2015, the district's board of | ||
| directors sold and transferred substantially all of the district's | ||
| water utility system assets and used the proceeds from the sale to | ||
| pay, or arrange for the payment of, all debts and liabilities of the | ||
| district. | ||
| SECTION 2. DISTRICT DISSOLUTION. The district's board of | ||
| directors may adopt a resolution authorizing the dissolution of the | ||
| district, and the district shall be dissolved in accordance with | ||
| the terms of that resolution. | ||
| SECTION 3. VALIDATION; LIMITATION. (a) The legislature | ||
| validates and confirms all governmental acts and proceedings of the | ||
| district that were taken before the effective date of this Act. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to any matter that on the | ||
| effective date of this Act: | ||
| (1) is involved in litigation if the litigation | ||
| ultimately results in the matter being held invalid by a final court | ||
| judgment; or | ||
| (2) has been held invalid by a final court judgment. | ||
| SECTION 4. NOTICE. (a) The legal notice of the intention | ||
| to introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this | ||
| Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a | ||
| copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, | ||
| officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished | ||
| under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, | ||
| Government Code. | ||
| (b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has | ||
| submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality. | ||
| (c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed | ||
| its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives within the required time. | ||
| (d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this | ||
| state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect | ||
| to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled | ||
| and accomplished. | ||
| SECTION 5. 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. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3286 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3286 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
