Bill Text: TX SB1829 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the dissolution of certain water control and improvement districts by a commissioners court.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Local Government [SB1829 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1829-Introduced.html

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2023S0150-1 02/15/23
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 1829

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dissolution of certain water control and
improvement districts by a commissioners court.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter P, Chapter 51, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 51.837 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.837. DISSOLUTION BY COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) This
section applies to a district:
(1) created or organized by a commissioners court
before 1971 under general law enacted in 1904, 1913, 1917, 1918, or
1925; and
(2) converted from a water improvement district or
irrigation district to a water control and improvement district by
action of the board under general law enacted in 1925.
(b) Before a commissioners court may dissolve a district,
the governing body of a municipality within the district's
boundaries must adopt an ordinance stating that the municipality
will assume the assets, debts, contractual rights, and other
obligations of the district on its dissolution.
(c) The commissioners court may dissolve a district by
order:
(1) pursuant to a referendum; or
(2) consistent with any other method by which the
district was created.
(d) An order dissolving a district under this section takes
effect on the 31st day after the date the commissioners court adopts
the order. On the effective date of the order, the municipality:
(1) succeeds to the duties and assets of the district;
(2) assumes all bonds, debts, obligations, and
liabilities of the district; and
(3) has the powers and duties described by Sections
43.075(c)-(l), Local Government Code.
(e) On dissolution:
(1) all records and certificates of the district shall
be transferred to the municipality; and
(2) the district shall provide notice and make
recordings of the transfers under this section as required by law.
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, 2023.