H.B. No. 865
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the dissolution of inactive water districts.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that
1-5 the water districts named in Sections 2 and 3 of this Act, created
1-6 both by special act of the legislature and by general law, have
1-7 been inactive for five consecutive years, are no longer performing
1-8 any of the functions for which they were created, have no
1-9 outstanding bonded or other indebtedness, and should be dissolved.
1-10 SECTION 2. DISSOLUTION OF SPECIAL LAW DISTRICTS. The
1-11 following districts created by special act of the legislature are
1-12 dissolved:
1-13 (1) San Simon Municipal Utility District, created by
1-14 Chapter 540, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973;
1-15 (2) St. Paul Water Improvement, Road, and Utility
1-16 District No. 1, created by Chapter 422, Acts of the 70th
1-17 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987;
1-18 (3) Two Mile Creek Conservation and Reclamation
1-19 District of Calhoun County, created by Chapter 510, Acts of the
1-20 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955; and
1-21 (4) Williamson County Water, Sewer, Irrigation, and
1-22 Drainage District No. 1, created by Chapter 618, Acts of the 70th
1-23 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987.
1-24 SECTION 3. DISSOLUTION OF GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS. The
2-1 following districts created under general law are dissolved:
2-2 (1) Bastrop County Municipal Utility District No. 1,
2-3 created by an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated July 13,
2-4 1988;
2-5 (2) Chicota Water Control and Improvement District of
2-6 Lamar County, created by an order of the Commissioners Court of
2-7 Lamar County, dated March 22, 1963;
2-8 (3) Dickens County Water Control and Improvement
2-9 District No. 2, created by an order of the Commissioners Court of
2-10 Dickens County, dated December 10, 1973;
2-11 (4) Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 3,
2-12 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County,
2-13 dated January 27, 1975;
2-14 (5) Hopkins County Levee Improvement District No. 1,
2-15 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Hopkins County,
2-16 dated September 7, 1918;
2-17 (6) Kaufman County Levee Improvement District No. 13,
2-18 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Kaufman County,
2-19 dated June 8, 1925;
2-20 (7) Kent Creek Water Control and Improvement District
2-21 No. 1, created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Briscoe
2-22 County, dated May 12, 1958;
2-23 (8) La Gloria Water Control and Improvement District,
2-24 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Cameron County,
2-25 dated May 12, 1986;
2-26 (9) Lake Village Utility District, created by an order
2-27 of the Texas Water Commission, dated September 12, 1973;
3-1 (10) Lamar County Levee Improvement District No. 3,
3-2 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Lamar County,
3-3 dated April 10, 1928;
3-4 (11) Liberty County Water Control and Improvement
3-5 District No. 8, created by an order of the Commissioners Court of
3-6 Liberty County, dated July 14, 1975;
3-7 (12) Lost Valley Ranch Municipal Utility District,
3-8 created by an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated August 30,
3-9 1973;
3-10 (13) Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No.
3-11 14, created by an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated March
3-12 21, 1973;
3-13 (14) Navarro County Levee Improvement District No. 1,
3-14 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Navarro County,
3-15 dated October 9, 1917;
3-16 (15) Navarro County Levee Improvement District No. 8,
3-17 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Navarro County,
3-18 dated August 11, 1919;
3-19 (16) North Bosque Water Control and Improvement
3-20 District, created by an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated
3-21 September 10, 1956;
3-22 (17) Pecan Park Municipal Utility District, created by
3-23 an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated March 9, 1982;
3-24 (18) Upper Sabine River Watershed, created by an order
3-25 of the Commissioners Court of Hunt County, dated October 17, 1956;
3-26 (19) Victoria County Drainage District No. 1, created
3-27 by an order of the Commissioners Court of Victoria County, dated
4-1 February 18, 1913; and
4-2 (20) Victoria County Drainage District No. 4, created
4-3 by an order of the Commissioners Court of Victoria County, dated
4-4 July 10, 1922.
4-5 SECTION 4. ASSETS. All assets of the districts dissolved by
4-6 this Act shall escheat to the state, and the state treasurer shall
4-7 dispose of the assets in the manner provided by Chapter 72,
4-8 Property Code.
4-9 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
4-10 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-14 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-15 passage, and it is so enacted.