Bill Text: TX SB795 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition and powers of a governing body in certain municipalities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB795 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB795-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Lucio S.B. No. 795
(Oliveira, Lucio III)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition and powers of a governing body in
certain municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 1502.070, Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(a) Management and control of a utility system may be vested
in:
(1) the municipality's governing body; or
(2) a board of trustees named in the proceedings
adopted by the municipality and consisting of not more than:
(A) five members, one of whom must be the mayor of
the municipality; [or]
(B) seven members, one of whom must be the mayor
of the municipality, if the municipality is located in a county:
(i) with a population of at least 800,000;
and
(ii) that is located on an international
border; or
(C) seven members, one of whom must be the mayor
of the municipality, if the municipality is located in a county:
(i) with a population of at least 375,000;
(ii) that is located on an international
border; and
(iii) that borders the Gulf of Mexico.
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 552, Local Government
Code, is amended by adding Section 552.914 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.914. UTILITY CONTRACTS FOR CERTAIN
MUNICIPALITIES. (a) In this section, "utility system" means an
electric, water, sewer, solid waste disposal, drainage utility, or
natural gas system, or any combination of those systems.
(b) This section applies only to a municipality described by
Section 1502.070(a)(2)(C), Government Code.
(c) Notwithstanding any limitation provided by a home rule
charter, the governing body, board of trustees, or other entity
vested with the management and control of the municipality's
utility system may contract for the purchase of electricity under
terms the governing body, board of trustees, or other entity
considers appropriate.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.