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House Bill 1644 |
House Author: Callegari |
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Effective: 6-18-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Lindsay |
House Bill 1644 amends Water Code general-law provisions for water districts to provide that a water district or water supply corporation, in order to accomplish its lawful purposes, may acquire facilities and may acquire an interest in a certificate of convenience and necessity or contractual rights to use capacity in facilities. Changes to general-law provisions of the code for municipal utility districts (MUDs) and water control and improvement districts (WCIDs) allow the districts to enter into a contract with another water district or a water supply corporation (WSC) to acquire and then convey to the other district or WSC all or part of a water supply system, water treatment system, water distribution system, sanitary sewage collection or treatment system, or works or improvements necessary for land drainage in the MUD or WCID. The bill details allowable provisions of such contracts. Additional general-law provisions apply to a municipality any portion of which is located in a county with a population of more than 800,000 and less than 1,300,000. Those provisions prohibit municipal annexation of a defined area for which a MUD or WCID has adopted a taxation plan, unless: (1) at least 90 percent of plan facilities and infrastructure have been installed and completed; (2) the municipality annexes all of the defined area in its extraterritorial jurisdiction; and (3) the municipality assumes the pro rata share of the bonded indebtedness. The annexed territory loses its status as a MUD or WCID defined area and may no longer be taxed as such by the MUD or WCID.