Bill Text: TX HB4451 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the consolidation of municipal utility districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Land & Resource Management [HB4451 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4451-Introduced.html
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| By: Gates | H.B. No. 4451 | |
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| relating to the consolidation of municipal utility districts. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Sections 54.7285, 54.7287, 54.7335, and 54.7337 to read | ||
| as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.7285. PETITION TO CONSOLIDATE BY MAJORITY OF | ||
| VOTERS. (a) For two or more districts, if a majority of the | ||
| registered voters of each district submit to the board of each | ||
| district a written petition requesting the consolidation of those | ||
| districts, the board of each district must negotiate the terms and | ||
| conditions of consolidation, including the assumption by each | ||
| district of the bonds, notes, or other obligations and voted but | ||
| unissued bonds of the other consolidating districts payable wholly | ||
| or partly from taxation, the levy of taxes to pay for the bonds, and | ||
| the adoption of a name for the consolidated district. | ||
| (b) After the boards of each district consolidating under | ||
| this section have agreed to terms and conditions under Subsection | ||
| (a), each board shall issue an order consolidating the districts. | ||
| (c) During a period of 90 days after the date of the order to | ||
| consolidate, the officers of each district shall continue to act | ||
| jointly as officers of the original districts to settle the affairs | ||
| of their respective districts. | ||
| Sec. 54.7287. PETITION TO CONSOLIDATE BY LESS THAN A | ||
| MAJORITY OF VOTERS. For two or more districts, if 10 percent of the | ||
| registered voters in each district submit a written petition to the | ||
| board of each district requesting the consolidation of those | ||
| districts, the board of each district must hold an election on the | ||
| question of consolidation as provided by Section 54.729. | ||
| Sec. 54.7335. OPERATION OF LAW. A district formed by | ||
| consolidation under this subchapter operates as a general law | ||
| district under Chapter 49 and this chapter. A special law | ||
| applicable to a district before consolidation does not apply to a | ||
| consolidated district after the consolidation. | ||
| Sec. 54.7337. REPORT TO COMMISSION. On or before the 30th | ||
| day after the date of adoption of an order consolidating a number of | ||
| districts, the consolidated district shall file the order with the | ||
| commission and record the order in the real property records of each | ||
| county in which the district is located. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
