Bill Text: TX HB3849 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties of the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 6.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-13 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [HB3849 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3849-Introduced.html
  82R11817 SLB-D
 
  By: Taylor of Galveston H.B. No. 3849
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
  relating to the powers and duties of the Galveston County Municipal
  Utility District No. 6.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended by adding Chapter 8373 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 8373.  GALVESTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 6
  SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 8373.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "district" 
  means the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 6.
  [Sections 8373.002-8373.050 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER B.  POWERS AND DUTIES
         Sec. 8373.051.  MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT POWERS AND
  DUTIES.  The district has the powers and duties provided by the
  general law of this state, including Chapters 49 and 54, Water Code,
  applicable to municipal utility districts created under Section 59,
  Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
         Sec. 8373.052.  ACREAGE LIMIT ON DEFINED AREAS NOT
  APPLICABLE. The district may establish and administer defined
  areas as provided by Subchapter J, Chapter 54, Water Code. The
  limitation on acreage under Section 54.801(a), Water Code, does not
  apply to the district.
         SECTION 2.  (a)  The legal notice of the intention to
  introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
  Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
  copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
  officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
  under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
  Government Code.
         (b)  The governor, one of the required recipients, has
  submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality.
         (c)  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
  its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
  lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
  representatives within the required time.
         (d)  All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
  state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
  to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
  and accomplished.
         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, 2011.
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