1-1 By: Yost (Senate Sponsor - Sims) H.B. No. 865
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 1993;
1-3 April 27, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Natural Resources; May 7, 1993, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0;
1-6 May 7, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-9 Sims x
1-10 Truan x
1-11 Armbrister x
1-12 Barrientos x
1-13 Bivins x
1-14 Brown x
1-15 Carriker x
1-16 Lucio x
1-17 Montford x
1-18 Ratliff x
1-19 Shelley x
1-20 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 865 By: Sims
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the dissolution of inactive water districts.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that
1-26 the water districts named in Sections 2 and 3 of this Act, created
1-27 both by special act of the legislature and by general law, have
1-28 been inactive for five consecutive years, are no longer performing
1-29 any of the functions for which they were created, have no
1-30 outstanding bonded or other indebtedness, and should be dissolved.
1-31 SECTION 2. DISSOLUTION OF SPECIAL LAW DISTRICTS. The
1-32 following districts created by special act of the legislature are
1-33 dissolved:
1-34 (1) San Simon Municipal Utility District, created by
1-35 Chapter 540, Acts of the 63rd Legislature, Regular Session, 1973;
1-36 (2) St. Paul Water Improvement, Road, and Utility
1-37 District No. 1, created by Chapter 422, Acts of the 70th
1-38 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987;
1-39 (3) Two Mile Creek Conservation and Reclamation
1-40 District of Calhoun County, created by Chapter 510, Acts of the
1-41 54th Legislature, Regular Session, 1955; and
1-42 (4) Williamson County Water, Sewer, Irrigation, and
1-43 Drainage District No. 1, created by Chapter 618, Acts of the 70th
1-44 Legislature, Regular Session, 1987.
1-45 SECTION 3. DISSOLUTION OF GENERAL LAW DISTRICTS. The
1-46 following districts created under general law are dissolved:
1-47 (1) Bastrop County Municipal Utility District No. 1,
1-48 created by an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated July 13,
1-49 1988;
1-50 (2) Chicota Water Control and Improvement District of
1-51 Lamar County, created by an order of the Commissioners Court of
1-52 Lamar County, dated March 22, 1963;
1-53 (3) Dickens County Water Control and Improvement
1-54 District No. 2, created by an order of the Commissioners Court of
1-55 Dickens County, dated December 10, 1973;
1-56 (4) Fort Bend County Levee Improvement District No. 3,
1-57 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Fort Bend County,
1-58 dated January 27, 1975;
1-59 (5) Hopkins County Levee Improvement District No. 1,
1-60 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Hopkins County,
1-61 dated September 7, 1918;
1-62 (6) Kaufman County Levee Improvement District No. 13,
1-63 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Kaufman County,
1-64 dated June 8, 1925;
1-65 (7) Kent Creek Water Control and Improvement District
1-66 No. 1, created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Briscoe
1-67 County, dated May 12, 1958;
1-68 (8) La Gloria Water Control and Improvement District,
2-1 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Cameron County,
2-2 dated May 12, 1986;
2-3 (9) Lake Village Utility District, created by an order
2-4 of the Texas Water Commission, dated September 12, 1973;
2-5 (10) Lamar County Levee Improvement District No. 3,
2-6 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Lamar County,
2-7 dated April 10, 1928;
2-8 (11) Liberty County Water Control and Improvement
2-9 District No. 8, created by an order of the Commissioners Court of
2-10 Liberty County, dated July 14, 1975;
2-11 (12) Lost Valley Ranch Municipal Utility District,
2-12 created by an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated August 30,
2-13 1973;
2-14 (13) Montgomery County Municipal Utility District No.
2-15 14, created by an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated March
2-16 21, 1973;
2-17 (14) Navarro County Levee Improvement District No. 1,
2-18 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Navarro County,
2-19 dated October 9, 1917;
2-20 (15) Navarro County Levee Improvement District No. 8,
2-21 created by an order of the Commissioners Court of Navarro County,
2-22 dated August 11, 1919;
2-23 (16) North Bosque Water Control and Improvement
2-24 District, created by an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated
2-25 September 10, 1956;
2-26 (17) Pecan Park Municipal Utility District, created by
2-27 an order of the Texas Water Commission, dated March 9, 1982;
2-28 (18) Upper Sabine River Watershed, created by an order
2-29 of the Commissioners Court of Hunt County, dated October 17, 1956;
2-30 and
2-31 (19) Victoria County Drainage District No. 1, created
2-32 by an order of the Commissioners Court of Victoria County, dated
2-33 February 18, 1913.
2-34 SECTION 4. ASSETS. All assets of the districts dissolved by
2-35 this Act shall escheat to the state, and the state treasurer shall
2-36 dispose of the assets in the manner provided by Chapter 72,
2-37 Property Code.
2-38 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
2-39 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-40 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-41 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-42 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-43 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-44 passage, and it is so enacted.
2-45 * * * * *
2-46 Austin,
2-47 Texas
2-48 May 7, 1993
2-49 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-50 President of the Senate
2-51 Sir:
2-52 We, your Committee on Natural Resources to which was referred H.B.
2-53 No. 865, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
2-54 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-55 not pass, but that the Committee Substitute adopted in lieu thereof
2-56 do pass and be printed.
2-57 Sims,
2-58 Chairman
2-59 * * * * *
2-60 WITNESSES
2-61 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 865.