By:  Gallegos                                                     S.B. No. 1689


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the relocation or replacement of a water or sanitation 
sewer lateral on private property by a home-rule municipality.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 402.901, Local Government Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
	(k)  Subsections (a)-(j) do not affect the ability of a 
home-rule municipality, in exercising its home-rule powers under 
Section 5, Article XI, Texas Constitution, to relocate or replace a 
water or sanitation sewer lateral on private property without 
making an assessment against the property or a person.  In 
exercising its home-rule powers for this purpose, the municipality 
must restore the property to the condition existing before the 
replacement or relocation of the lateral.
	SECTION 2.  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.