Bill Text: TX SB1663 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to exempting certain water districts from review and supervision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of district bond packages and projects.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Intergovernmental Relations [SB1663 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1663-Introduced.html
| 84R12537 GRM-F | ||
| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1663 | |
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| relating to exempting certain water districts from review and | ||
| supervision by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of | ||
| district bond packages and projects. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 49.181(h), Water Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (h) This section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) a district if: | ||
| (A) the district's boundaries include one entire | ||
| county; | ||
| (B) the district was created by a special Act of | ||
| the legislature and: | ||
| (i) the district is located entirely within | ||
| one county; | ||
| (ii) the district is located entirely | ||
| within one or more home-rule municipalities; | ||
| (iii) the total taxable value of the real | ||
| property and improvements to the real property zoned by one or more | ||
| home-rule municipalities for residential purposes and located | ||
| within the district does not exceed 25 percent of the total taxable | ||
| value of all taxable property in the district, as shown by the most | ||
| recent certified appraisal tax roll prepared by the appraisal | ||
| district for the county; and | ||
| (iv) the district was not required by law to | ||
| obtain commission approval of its bonds before the effective date | ||
| of this section; | ||
| (C) the district is a special water authority; | ||
| (D) the district is governed by a board of | ||
| directors appointed in whole or in part by the governor, a state | ||
| agency, or the governing body or chief elected official of a | ||
| municipality or county and does not provide, or propose to provide, | ||
| water, sewer, drainage, reclamation, or flood control services to | ||
| residential retail or commercial customers as its principal | ||
| function; | ||
| (E) the district on September 1, 2003: | ||
| (i) is a municipal utility district that | ||
| includes territory in only two counties; | ||
| (ii) has outstanding long-term | ||
| indebtedness that is rated BBB or better by a nationally recognized | ||
| rating agency for municipal securities; and | ||
| (iii) has at least 5,000 active water | ||
| connections; [ |
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| (F) the district: | ||
| (i) is a conservation and reclamation | ||
| district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, | ||
| that includes territory in at least three counties; and | ||
| (ii) has the rights, powers, privileges, | ||
| and functions applicable to a river authority under Chapter 30; or | ||
| (G) the district is a special utility district | ||
| created or converted under Chapter 65; or | ||
| (2) a public utility agency created under Chapter 572, | ||
| Local Government Code, any of the public entities participating in | ||
| which are districts if at least one of those districts is a district | ||
| described by Subdivision (1)(E). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 49.182, Water Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) This section does not apply to a special utility | ||
| district created or converted under Chapter 65. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to bonds issued on or after the effective date of this Act. Bonds | ||
| issued before the effective date of this Act are governed by the law | ||
| in effect on the date the bonds were issued, and the former law is | ||
| continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
