Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2590	House Author:  Biedermann
Effective:  9-1-19	Senate Sponsor:  Creighton

            House Bill 2590 amends the Local Government Code to specifically include a water district previously created by an act of the legislature as a political subdivision for purposes of provisions relating to the creation of a political subdivision to supply water or sewer services, roadways, or drainage facilities in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.

            House Bill 2590 amends the Water Code to provide the ballot language for an operation and maintenance tax election for certain water districts and revises the districts that may have a fire department. The bill sets out certain residency requirements for the temporary directors of a municipality utility district who are appointed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on the granting of a petition for the district's creation. The bill authorizes a municipal utility district to enter into a contract with a retail public utility for water or sewer service under which the utility may use the district's water or sewer system to serve customers located in the district. The bill revises the procedure for the conversion of a conservation and reclamation district to a municipal utility district and the road powers a municipal utility district may acquire. The bill decreases the minimum acreage of a municipal utility district that triggers the district's authority to establish defined areas and designated property. The bill revises the procedure for such establishment and amends the Special District Local Laws Code to make conforming changes.