Bill Text: TX HB3717 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 3717 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the sale of a water or sewer utility system by a municipality without an election.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3717 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB3717-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 3717




	AN ACT
	relating to the sale of a water or sewer utility system by a
	municipality without an election.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 1502.055, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or other law, a
	municipality is not required to hold an election to authorize the
	sale of a municipal retail water or sewer utility system if the
	Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has issued a notice of
	violation to the utility system and the governing body of the
	municipality finds by official action that the municipality is
	either financially or technically unable to restore the system to
	compliance with the applicable law or regulations.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3717 was passed by the House on April
	27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 9, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 3717 was passed by the Senate on May
	24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor