By:  Cook of Colorado (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister)               H.B. No. 1014
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 2003; 
April 3, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural 
Resources; May 7, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 7, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the purposes for which a special utility district may be 
created.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 65.012, Water Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 65.012.  PURPOSES OF DISTRICT.  A district may be 
created [for the following purposes]:
		(1)  to purchase, own, hold, lease, and otherwise 
acquire sources of water supply; to build, operate, and maintain 
facilities for the transportation of water; and to sell water to 
towns, cities, and other political subdivisions of this state, to 
private business entities, and to individuals;
		(2)  for the establishment, operation, and maintenance 
of fire-fighting facilities to perform all fire-fighting 
activities within the district; or [and]
		(3)  for the protection, preservation, and restoration 
of the purity and sanitary condition of water within the district.
	SECTION 2.  Section 65.015, Water Code, is amended to read as 
follows:       
	Sec. 65.015.  CONTENTS OF RESOLUTION.  In addition to the 
requirements stated in Section 65.014, the resolution shall:
		(1)  describe the boundaries of the proposed district 
by metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a 
recorded map or plat and survey of the area, or by any other 
commonly recognized means in a certificate attached to the 
resolution executed by a registered professional engineer;
		(2)  state the general nature of the services presently 
performed by the water supply or sewer service corporation, the 
general nature of the services proposed to be provided by the 
district, and the necessity for the services provided by the 
district;
		(3)  include a name of the district that is generally 
descriptive of the location of the district followed by the words 
special utility district, but may not be the same name as any other 
district in the same county; [and]
		(4)  include the names of not less than five and not 
more than 11 qualified persons to serve as the initial board of 
directors of the district; and
		(5)  specify each purpose for which the district is 
being established.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect immediately if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act to Section 65.015, 
Water Code, applies to a certified resolution filed on or after 
September 1, 2001.



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