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.