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.