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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Mustang Ridge Municipal Utility District, the |
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Wildwood Municipal Utility District, the Creedmoor Municipal |
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Utility District, and the Williamson County Municipal Utility |
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District No. 40; granting limited powers of eminent domain. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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ARTICLE 1. DIVISION OF DISTRICT |
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SECTION 1.01. Subchapter C, Chapter 7946A, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, is amended by adding Section 7946A.0307 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 7946A.0307. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) The district |
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may be divided into two or more new districts only if the district: |
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(1) has no outstanding bonded debt; and |
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(2) is not imposing ad valorem taxes. |
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(b) This chapter applies to any new district created by the |
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division of the district, and a new district has all the powers and |
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duties of the district. |
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(c) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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may not, at the time the new district is created, contain any land |
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outside the area described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this |
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chapter. |
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(d) The board, on its own motion or on receipt of a petition |
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signed by the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of |
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the real property in the district, may adopt an order dividing the |
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district. |
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(e) The board may adopt an order dividing the district |
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before or after the date the board holds an election under Section |
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7946A.0103 to confirm the district's creation. |
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(f) An order dividing the district shall: |
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(1) name each new district; |
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(2) include the metes and bounds description of the |
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territory of each new district; |
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(3) appoint temporary directors for each new district; |
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and |
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(4) provide for the division of assets and liabilities |
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between or among the new districts. |
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(g) On or before the 30th day after the date of adoption of |
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an order dividing the district, the district shall file the order |
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with the commission and record the order in the real property |
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records of each county in which the district is located. |
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(h) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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shall hold a confirmation and directors' election as required by |
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Section 7946A.0103. If the voters of a new district do not confirm |
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the creation of the new district, the assets, obligations, |
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territory, and governance of the new district revert to the |
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original district. |
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(i) If the creation of the new district is confirmed, the |
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new district shall provide the election date and results to the |
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commission. |
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(j) Municipal consent to the creation of the district and to |
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the inclusion of land in the district granted under Section |
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7946A.0104 acts as municipal consent to the creation of any new |
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district created by the division of the district and to the |
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inclusion of land in the new district. |
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(k) Any new district created by the division of the district |
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must hold an election as required by this chapter to obtain voter |
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approval before the district may impose a maintenance tax or issue |
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bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes. |
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ARTICLE 2. REPEALER |
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SECTION 2.01. The following sections of the Special |
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District Local Laws Code are repealed: |
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(1) Section 7945A.0306; |
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(2) Section 7946A.0306; |
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(3) Section 7951A.0306; and |
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(4) Section 8141.0307. |
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ARTICLE 3. TRANSITION AND EFFECTIVE DATE |
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SECTION 3.01. If this Act does not receive a two-thirds vote |
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of all the members elected to each house, Article 2 of this Act does |
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not take effect. |
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SECTION 3.02. This Act takes effect immediately if it |
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receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each |
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house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. |
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If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate |
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effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |