Bill Text: TX HB4278 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties and election of the board of directors of the West Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 3.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB4278 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4278-Introduced.html

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85R9675 TSR-F
By: Workman H.B. No. 4278

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the powers and duties and election of the board of
directors of the West Travis County Municipal Utility District No.
3.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8440, Special District
Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8440.052 to read as
follows:
Sec. 8440.052. ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an
election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the
uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code,
in November of each even-numbered year.
SECTION 2. Section 8440.101, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 8440.101. GENERAL [MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT] POWERS
AND DUTIES. (a) The district has the rights, powers, privileges,
functions, and duties:
(1) provided by general law applicable to a municipal
utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
Constitution, including Chapters 49, 50, and 54, Water Code;
(2) relating to a road district or road utility
district created under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution;
and
(3) relating to the provision of potable and
nonpotable water to the residents and businesses of Travis and Hays
Counties, including the construction, acquisition, operation, and
maintenance of a supply and distribution facility or system [,
applicable to a municipal utility district created under Section
59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution].
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the district may not
construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a toll road.
SECTION 3. (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 4. 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.