Bill Text: TX SB2262 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the dissolution of the Central Colorado River Authority.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - See remarks for effective date [SB2262 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2262-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 2262 |
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relating to the dissolution of the Central Colorado River | ||
Authority. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: | ||
(1) "Authority" means the Central Colorado River | ||
Authority. | ||
(2) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality. | ||
(3) "County" means Coleman County. | ||
SECTION 2. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; TRANSFER OF ASSETS. | ||
(a) Not later than December 31, 2017, the authority and the county | ||
shall enter into a memorandum of understanding that governs the | ||
transfer of the following by the authority to the county: | ||
(1) the authority's remaining financial assets, after | ||
the discharge of any debts of the authority, in the form of cash, | ||
investments, and proceeds from the sale of the authority's personal | ||
property and real property, including lakes, reservoirs, dams, | ||
water rights, and other real property related to the lakes, | ||
reservoirs, or dams of the authority; and | ||
(2) the authority's remaining personal property and | ||
real property, including lakes, reservoirs, dams, water rights, and | ||
other real property related to the lakes, reservoirs, or dams of the | ||
authority in the event the property does not sell before December | ||
31, 2018. | ||
(b) The memorandum of understanding must include: | ||
(1) a timeline for the sale of the authority's personal | ||
property and real property, including the authority's lakes, | ||
reservoirs, dams, water rights, and other real property related to | ||
the lakes, reservoirs, or dams of the authority; | ||
(2) the acts necessary to complete the sale of the | ||
authority's lakes, reservoirs, dams, water rights, and other real | ||
property related to the lakes, reservoirs, or dams of the authority | ||
to third parties before December 31, 2018, in accordance with state | ||
law governing the sale of property by a political subdivision of | ||
this state, including Chapter 272, Local Government Code; and | ||
(3) the acts necessary to complete the transfer of the | ||
authority's lakes, reservoirs, dams, water rights, and other real | ||
property related to the lakes, reservoirs, or dams of the authority | ||
to the county in accordance with the rules of the commission, the | ||
Water Code, and other applicable law, in the event the property does | ||
not sell before December 31, 2018. | ||
(c) Section 8505.107, Special District Local Laws Code, | ||
does not apply to a transfer, sale, conveyance, or owner | ||
disposition of personal or real property by the authority in | ||
accordance with the memorandum of understanding entered into under | ||
this section. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding Section 81.032, Local Government Code, | ||
the county may accept the donation of: | ||
(1) the authority's financial assets, including cash, | ||
investments, and proceeds from the sale of the authority's personal | ||
property and real property, including lakes, reservoirs, dams, | ||
water rights, and other real property related to the lakes, | ||
reservoirs, or dams of the authority; and | ||
(2) the authority's personal property and real | ||
property, including lakes, reservoirs, dams, water rights, and | ||
other real property related to the lakes, reservoirs, or dams of the | ||
authority, in the event the property does not sell before December | ||
31, 2018. | ||
(e) Not later than December 31, 2018, all actions described | ||
in the memorandum of understanding entered into under this section | ||
must be completed. | ||
SECTION 3. DISSOLUTION OF DISTRICT. After the completion | ||
of the activities in the memorandum of understanding described by | ||
Section 2 of this Act, the authority is dissolved. | ||
SECTION 4. AMENDMENT. Section 325.025(b), Government Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) This section applies to the: | ||
(1) Angelina and Neches River Authority; | ||
(2) Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater | ||
District; | ||
(3) Brazos River Authority; | ||
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SECTION 5. REPEALER. Chapter 8505, Special District Local | ||
Laws Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. NOTICE. (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 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) Except as provided by | ||
Subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, | ||
2017. | ||
(b) Sections 4 and 5 of this Act take effect January 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2262 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2262 passed the House on | ||
May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 4, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |