Bill Text: TX HB1852 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability to certain regional water districts of provisions concerning bond approval by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-26 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB1852 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1852-Introduced.html
82R8733 RWG-D | ||
By: Miller of Comal | H.B. No. 1852 |
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relating to the applicability to certain regional water districts | ||
of provisions concerning bond approval by the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 49.181(h), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(h) This section does not apply to a district if: | ||
(1) the district's boundaries include one entire | ||
county; | ||
(2) the district was created by a special Act of the | ||
legislature and: | ||
(A) the district is located entirely within one | ||
county; | ||
(B) is entirely within one or more home-rule | ||
municipalities; | ||
(C) the total taxable value of the real property | ||
and improvements to the real property zoned by one or more home-rule | ||
municipalities for residential purposes and located within the | ||
district does not exceed 25 percent of the total taxable value of | ||
all taxable property in the district, as shown by the most recent | ||
certified appraisal tax roll prepared by the appraisal district for | ||
the county; and | ||
(D) the district was not required by law to | ||
obtain commission approval of its bonds before the effective date | ||
of this section; | ||
(3) the district is a special water authority; | ||
(4) the district is governed by a board of directors | ||
appointed in whole or in part by the governor, a state agency, or | ||
the governing body or chief elected official of a municipality or | ||
county and does not provide, or propose to provide, water, sewer, | ||
drainage, reclamation, or flood control services to residential | ||
retail or commercial customers as its principal function; [ |
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(5) the district on September 1, 2003: | ||
(A) is a municipal utility district that includes | ||
territory in only two counties; | ||
(B) has outstanding long-term indebtedness that | ||
is rated BBB or better by a nationally recognized rating agency for | ||
municipal securities; and | ||
(C) has at least 5,000 active water connections; | ||
or | ||
(6) the district: | ||
(A) is a conservation and reclamation district | ||
created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that | ||
includes territory in at least three counties; and | ||
(B) has the rights, powers, privileges, and | ||
functions applicable to a river authority under Chapter 30. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not apply | ||
to bonds with regard to which an application and report were | ||
submitted to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission or | ||
the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality under Section | ||
49.181(b), Water Code, before the effective date of this Act. Those | ||
bonds are governed by the law as it existed immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
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. |