Bill Text: TX SB2192 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the notice and petition for the creation of a municipal utility district in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB2192 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2192-Introduced.html

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By: Hall S.B. No. 2192

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the contents of a petition filed with the Commission for
Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.015, Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 54.015. CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition shall:
(1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district by
metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a recorded
map or plat and survey of the area;
(2) state the general nature of the work proposed to be
done, the necessity for the work, and the cost of the project as
then estimated by those filing the petition; and
(3) include a name of the district which shall be generally
descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the words
Municipal Utility District, or if a district is located within one
county, it may be designated "______________ County Municipal
Utility District No. _______." (Insert the name of the county and
proper consecutive number.) The proposed district shall not have
the same name as any other district in the same county.;
(4)(A) include a copy of a letter sent by certified mail by
the petitioners to the commissioners court of a county described by
Section 54.0161(a-1). A letter sent under this Subsection shall:
(i) describe the proposed district as required by (1),
(2), and (3) of this Section;
(ii) solicit feedback on the proposed district; and
(iii) be postmarked not later than 90 days before the
date a petition is filed with the commission; and
(5) include a copy of a response received to a letter
described by (4)(A). The failure of a commissioners court to
respond to a letter sent under this Section is considered an
assumption of support for the petition at the time of filing with
the commission.
SECTION 3. Section 54.015, Water Code, as amended by this
Act, applies only to a petition for creation of a Municipal Utility
District submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. A
petition for creation of a Municipal Utility District submitted
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect on the date the clear aligner was sold, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
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, 2023.