Bill Text: TX SB2566 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the dissolution of the McMullen County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-27 - Effective immediately [SB2566 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2566-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 2566

AN ACT
relating to the dissolution of the McMullen County Water Control
and Improvement District No. 1.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. On the effective date of this Act:
(1) the McMullen County Water Control and Improvement
District No. 1 is dissolved;
(2) the terms of the directors of the district expire;
(3) any assets and liabilities of the district are
transferred to McMullen County; and
(4) McMullen County may, in all respects, conduct the
affairs of the district.
SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable, the McMullen County
judge shall appoint a trustee to close the affairs of the district
as a result of the dissolution.
(b) The trustee has the same rights and responsibilities as
the board of the district for the purposes of carrying out the
winding up of the district.
(c) The trustee and the McMullen County judge shall enter
into an agreement to provide for the payment of the trustee for
services rendered under this Act.
(d) The trustee shall:
(1) wind up the business or affairs of the district;
(2) sell or otherwise dispose of the real or personal
property of the district and distribute the proceeds to the
creditors of the district and, if all creditors have been
satisfied, to McMullen County;
(3) take any other action necessary to prepare for the
dissolution of the district, including the filing of any
dissolution documents with the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality; and
(4) deliver a report of the actions taken under this
Act to the McMullen County judge at the conclusion of the trustee's
duties.
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, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2566 passed the Senate on
April 27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2566 passed the House on
May 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 6, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor