Bill Text: TX HB4278 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the powers and duties and election of the board of directors of the West Travis County Municipal Utility District No. 3.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-03 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB4278 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB4278-Introduced.html
  85R9675 TSR-F
 
  By: Workman H.B. No. 4278
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the powers and duties and election of the board of
  directors of the West Travis County Municipal Utility District No.
  3.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 8440, Special District
  Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 8440.052 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 8440.052.  ELECTION DATE. The district shall hold an
  election to elect the appropriate number of directors on the
  uniform election date prescribed by Section 41.001, Election Code,
  in November of each even-numbered year.
         SECTION 2.  Section 8440.101, Special District Local Laws
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 8440.101.  GENERAL [MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT] POWERS
  AND DUTIES.  (a)  The district has the rights, powers, privileges,
  functions, and duties:
               (1)  provided by general law applicable to a municipal
  utility district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
  Constitution, including Chapters 49, 50, and 54, Water Code;
               (2)  relating to a road district or road utility
  district created under Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution;
  and
               (3)  relating to the provision of potable and
  nonpotable water to the residents and businesses of Travis and Hays
  Counties, including the construction, acquisition, operation, and
  maintenance of a supply and distribution facility or system [,
  applicable to a municipal utility district created under Section
  59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution].
         (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the district may not
  construct, acquire, operate, or maintain a toll road.
         SECTION 3.  (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 4.  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, 2017.
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