Bill Text: TX SB1337 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers of the governing body of a public utility in certain municipalities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-13 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1337 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1337-Introduced.html
| 83R9601 RWG-D | ||
| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1337 | |
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| relating to the powers of the governing body of a public utility in | ||
| certain municipalities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 552, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 552.915 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 552.915. UTILITY CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN | ||
| MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this section, "utility system" means an | ||
| electric, water, sewer, solid waste disposal, drainage utility, or | ||
| natural gas system, or any combination of those systems. | ||
| (b) This section applies only to a municipality located in a | ||
| county: | ||
| (1) with a population of at least 375,000; | ||
| (2) that is located on an international border; and | ||
| (3) that borders the Gulf of Mexico. | ||
| (c) Notwithstanding any limitation provided by a home-rule | ||
| charter, the governing body, board of trustees, or other entity | ||
| vested with the management and control of the municipality's | ||
| utility system may contract for the purchase, sale, or transfer of | ||
| natural gas under terms the governing body, board of trustees, or | ||
| other entity considers appropriate. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2013. | ||
