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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of a water conservation plan in a petition |
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filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting |
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the creation of a municipal utility district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.015, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 54.015. CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition shall: |
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(1) describe the boundaries of the proposed district |
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by metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a |
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recorded map or plat and survey of the area; |
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(2) state the general nature of the work proposed to be |
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done, the necessity for the work, and the cost of the project as |
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then estimated by those filing the petition; [and] |
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(3) include a water conservation plan that meets the |
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requirements of Section 13.146, regardless of whether that section |
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applies to the district; and |
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(4) include a name of the district which shall be |
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generally descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the |
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words Municipal Utility District, or if a district is located |
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within one county, it may be designated "__________ County |
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Municipal Utility District No. ______." (Insert the name of the |
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county and proper consecutive number.) The proposed district shall |
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not have the same name as any other district in the same county. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a petition requesting |
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the creation of a municipal utility district that is filed with the |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective |
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date of this Act. A petition requesting the creation of a municipal |
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utility district that was filed with the commission before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the petition was filed, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |