Bill Text: TX HB3849 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 6.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-13 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [HB3849 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3849-Introduced.html
| 82R11817 SLB-D | ||
| By: Taylor of Galveston | H.B. No. 3849 | |
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| relating to the powers and duties of the Galveston County Municipal | ||
| Utility District No. 6. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8373 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 8373. GALVESTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 6 | ||
| SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS | ||
| Sec. 8373.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" | ||
| means the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 6. | ||
| [Sections 8373.002-8373.050 reserved for expansion] | ||
| SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES | ||
| Sec. 8373.051. MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND | ||
| DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties provided by the | ||
| general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code, | ||
| applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59, | ||
| Article XVI, Texas Constitution. | ||
| Sec. 8373.052. ACREAGE LIMIT ON DEFINED AREAS NOT | ||
| APPLICABLE. The district may establish and administer defined | ||
| areas as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code. The | ||
| limitation on acreage under Section 54.801(a), Water Code, does not | ||
| apply to the district. | ||
| SECTION 2. (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 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, 2011. | ||
