75R13257 JJT-D
By Barrientos S.B. No. 1809
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1809:
By Lewis of Orange C.S.S.B. No. 1809
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the operation of the Wells Branch Municipal Utility
1-3 District in Travis and Williamson counties and to the powers of the
1-4 district and a municipality to enter into certain contracts.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "district" means the
1-7 Wells Branch Municipal Utility District, located in Travis and
1-8 Williamson counties.
1-9 SECTION 2. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to meet the
1-10 special needs of the Wells Branch Municipal Utility District, which
1-11 was created and operates under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas
1-12 Constitution.
1-13 SECTION 3. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that
1-14 there exists a public necessity to amend the law governing the
1-15 Wells Branch Municipal Utility District pursuant to Section 59,
1-16 Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and that this Act will further the
1-17 conservation and development of the natural resources of the state
1-18 within this district.
1-19 SECTION 4. CONTRACTS BETWEEN THE WELLS BRANCH MUNICIPAL
1-20 UTILITY DISTRICT AND A MUNICIPALITY. (a) The Wells Branch
1-21 Municipal Utility District and a municipality may enter into a
1-22 contract for the district to make payments to the municipality for
1-23 a purpose the governing body of the district determines will
1-24 further regional cooperation between the district and the
2-1 municipality and may include in a contract other terms or
2-2 considerations the district and the municipality find reasonable
2-3 and appropriate.
2-4 (b) A contract entered into under this section:
2-5 (1) may be for a term that is mutually agreeable to
2-6 the parties;
2-7 (2) may be renewed or extended;
2-8 (3) may provide that the district will remain in
2-9 existence and be exempt from annexation by the municipality for the
2-10 term of the contract; and
2-11 (4) is binding on all subsequent governing bodies of
2-12 the district and of the municipality for the term of the contract.
2-13 (c) The district may make annual appropriations from the
2-14 district's operations and maintenance tax or other revenue
2-15 available to the district to make payments to a municipality under
2-16 a contract entered into under this section.
2-17 (d) A municipality may not annex the district until after
2-18 December 31, 2014.
2-19 SECTION 5. FINDINGS RELATING TO PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS.
2-20 (a) The proper and legal notice of the intention to introduce this
2-21 Act, setting forth the general substance of this Act, has been
2-22 published as provided by law, and the notice and a copy of this
2-23 Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, officials, or
2-24 entities to which they are required to be furnished by the
2-25 constitution and other laws of this state, including the governor,
2-26 who has submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Natural Resource
2-27 Conservation Commission.
3-1 (b) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission has
3-2 filed its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor,
3-3 lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives
3-4 within the required time.
3-5 (c) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
3-6 state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
3-7 to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
3-8 and accomplished.
3-9 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-14 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-15 passage, and it is so enacted.