Bill Text: TX HB1916 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to approval of subdivision plats, improvement projects, and certain special districts by certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-21 - Vote taken in committee [HB1916 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1916-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to approval of subdivision plats, improvement projects, and certain special districts by certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-21 - Vote taken in committee [HB1916 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1916-Introduced.html
88R8968 MP-D | ||
By: Holland | H.B. No. 1916 |
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relating to county approval for improvement projects of certain | ||
conservation and reclamation districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 49, Water Code, is amended | ||
by adding Section 49.240 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 49.240. COUNTY APPROVAL FOR CERTAIN DISTRICTS. (a) | ||
This section applies only to a district that is located in a county | ||
with: | ||
(1) a population of 100,000 or more; and | ||
(2) a total area that is less than 250 square miles. | ||
(b) A district must obtain the written approval of the | ||
commissioners court of the county in which the district is located | ||
before: | ||
(1) issuing bonds for a district improvement project; | ||
or | ||
(2) finalizing the plans and specifications for a | ||
district improvement project that is: | ||
(A) financed by bonds; or | ||
(B) related to: | ||
(i) the use of land outside the corporate | ||
limits of a municipality; | ||
(ii) an easement granted by the county; or | ||
(iii) a right-of-way of a road or highway. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 49.240, Water Code, as added by this Act, | ||
applies only to a district, as defined by Section 49.001, Water | ||
Code, that issues bonds or finalizes plans and specifications for | ||
an improvement project on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
A district that issues bonds or finalizes plans and specifications | ||
for an improvement project before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |