Bill Text: TX HB2207 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a bill payment assistance program, and the authority of the board of trustees to set rates, for certain municipal utility systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2207 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2207-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a bill payment assistance program, and the authority of the board of trustees to set rates, for certain municipal utility systems.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2207 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2207-Introduced.html
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| By: Oliveira | H.B. No. 2207 | |
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| relating to the authority of the board of trustees to set rates for | ||
| certain municipal utility systems. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.142(a), Local Government Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A municipality by ordinance may transfer management and | ||
| control of two or more of its water, wastewater, storm water, or | ||
| drainage systems to a board of trustees. The ordinance may grant the | ||
| board authority to set rates and related terms for the systems. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
