Bill Text: TX HB2010 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the dissolution of certain special districts.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-26 - Left pending in committee [HB2010 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2010-Introduced.html
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| By: Vasut | H.B. No. 2010 | |
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| relating to the dissolution of certain special districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 49.321, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 49.321. DISSOLUTION AUTHORITY. After notice and | ||
| hearing, the commission: | ||
| (1) may dissolve any district that is inactive for a | ||
| period of at least 5 but less than 10 [ |
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| has no outstanding bonded indebtedness; and | ||
| (2) shall dissolve any district that is inactive for a | ||
| period of at least 10 consecutive years and has no outstanding | ||
| bonded indebtedness. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 49.324, Water Code, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 49.324. ORDER OF DISSOLUTION. The commission: | ||
| (1) may enter an order dissolving the district at the | ||
| conclusion of the hearing if it finds that the district has | ||
| performed none of the functions for which it was created for a | ||
| period of at least 5 but less than 10 [ |
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| before the day of the proceeding and that the district has no | ||
| outstanding bonded indebtedness; and | ||
| (2) shall enter an order dissolving the district at | ||
| the conclusion of the hearing if it finds that the district has | ||
| performed none of the functions for which it was created for a | ||
| period of at least 10 consecutive years before the day of the | ||
| proceeding and that the district has no outstanding bonded | ||
| indebtedness. | ||
| SECTION 3. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality | ||
| shall promptly institute proceedings in accordance with Subchapter | ||
| K, Chapter 49, Water Code, to dissolve each district, as defined by | ||
| Section 49.001 of that code, that as of the effective date of this | ||
| Act has been inactive for at least 10 consecutive years and that has | ||
| no outstanding bonded indebtedness and shall enter an order under | ||
| Section 49.324(2) of that code, as added by this Act, dissolving | ||
| each district described by that subdivision not later than the | ||
| 180th day after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
