Bill Text: TX HB2105 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to municipally owned utility systems; authorizing the imposition of fees by a utility board of trustees.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2105 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2105-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2105 | ||
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| relating to municipally owned utility systems; authorizing the | ||
| imposition of fees by a utility board of trustees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1502.002(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A municipality may acquire, purchase, construct, | ||
| improve, enlarge, equip, operate, or maintain any property, | ||
| including channels or bodies of water known as resacas, interests | ||
| in property, buildings, structures, activities, services, | ||
| operations, or other facilities, with respect to: | ||
| (1) a utility system; | ||
| (2) a park; or | ||
| (3) a swimming pool. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1502.057, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The board of trustees having management and control of a | ||
| utility system located in a county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico | ||
| and bordering the United Mexican States may impose and collect the | ||
| charges authorized under this section for services provided by the | ||
| utility system. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2105 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2105 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
