Bill Text: TX HB4176 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the territory, board, and operation of the Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB4176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4176-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4176 |
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relating to the territory, board, and operation of the Lake Cities | ||
Municipal Utility Authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 3(a), Chapter 1137, Acts of the 76th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) LCMUA consists of the territory, as specifically | ||
described in the official records of LCMUA, that is contained in the | ||
boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of: | ||
(1) the City of Lake Dallas; | ||
(2) the Town [ |
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Shores; and | ||
(3) the Town of Hickory Creek [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 6, Chapter 1137, Acts of the 76th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended by adding Subsection | ||
(d-1) to read as follows: | ||
(d-1) The director for: | ||
(1) place 1 must reside in the City of Lake Dallas or | ||
its extraterritorial jurisdiction; | ||
(2) place 2 must reside within the boundaries of | ||
LCMUA; | ||
(3) place 3 must reside in the Town of Shady Shores or | ||
its extraterritorial jurisdiction; | ||
(4) place 4 must reside within the boundaries of | ||
LCMUA; and | ||
(5) place 5 must reside in the Town of Hickory Creek or | ||
its extraterritorial jurisdiction. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 7(a), Chapter 1137, Acts of the 76th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall elect from its number a president and | ||
vice president and any other officers the board considers necessary | ||
or appropriate. Not more than two officers may reside in the same | ||
municipality. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 13(d), Chapter 1137, Acts of the 76th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) LCMUA may apply as necessary for any permit, license, or | ||
other authorization from the Texas [ |
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Commission on Environmental Quality or any other regulatory body in | ||
order to conduct any of its operations. | ||
SECTION 5. Sections 16(c) and (l), Chapter 1137, Acts of the | ||
76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, are amended to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) Bonds shall be issued in the name of Lake Cities | ||
Municipal Utility Authority and[ |
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president[ |
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or a facsimile seal, of LCMUA. The facsimile signature of the | ||
president or vice president [ |
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lithographed on the bonds if authorized by the board, and the seal | ||
of LCMUA may be impressed, printed, or lithographed on the bonds. | ||
(l) Any provision in this Act to the contrary | ||
notwithstanding, before issuing any construction bonds, LCMUA | ||
shall submit plans, specifications, and other necessary | ||
information and documents to the appropriate authorities and shall | ||
obtain the necessary permits or other authorizations from the | ||
appropriate regulatory bodies, including the Texas [ |
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SECTION 6. Section 7(d), Chapter 1137, Acts of the 76th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 6(d-1), Chapter 1137, Acts of the 76th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, as added by this Act, does not | ||
affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board of directors | ||
of the Lake Cities Municipal Utility Authority immediately before | ||
the effective date of this Act to continue to carry out the board's | ||
functions for the remainder of the member's term. The changes in | ||
law apply only to a member elected on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. This Act does not prohibit a person who is a member of the | ||
board on the effective date of this Act from being reelected to the | ||
board if the person has the qualifications required for a member | ||
under Section 6(d-1), Chapter 1137, Acts of the 76th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 1999, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 8. (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 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4176 was passed by the House on May | ||
15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4176 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |