88R12765 LRM-D
 
  By: Campbell S.B. No. 1569
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the review of the creation of certain proposed
  municipal utility districts by county commissioners courts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 54.0161(a-2) and (b), Water Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a-2)  The commissioners court of a county in which the
  district is to be located shall [may] review the petition for
  creation and other evidence and information relating to the
  proposed district that the commissioners consider necessary.
  Petitioners for the creation of a district shall submit to the
  county commissioners court any relevant information requested by
  the commissioners court.
         (b)  The [In the event the county commissioners court votes
  to submit information to the commission or to make a recommendation
  regarding the creation of the proposed district, the] commissioners
  court shall submit to the commission, at least 10 days before the
  date set for action on the petition, a written opinion stating:
               (1)  whether the commissioners court recommends the
  creation of the proposed district; and
               (2)  any findings, conclusions, and other information
  that the commissioners court thinks would assist the commission in
  making a final determination on the petition.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.