BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 4097
By: Phillips (Estes)
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
H.B. 4097 creates the Gunter Municipal Utility District No. 2 (district). This bill provides that the territory of the district would lie within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Gunter in Grayson County. This bill also provides that the district would have all the powers granted to municipal utility districts operating pursuant to Chapters 49 (Provisions Applicable to All Districts) and 54 (Municipal Utility Districts), Water Code, and with road powers pursuant to Section 52 (Counties, Cities, or Other Political Corporations or Subdivisions; Lending Credit; Grants; Bonds), Article III, Texas Constitution.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws Code, by adding Chapter 8239, as follows:
CHAPTER 8239. GUNTER MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 2
Sets forth standard language for the creation of the Gunter County Municipal Utility District No. 2 (district) in Grayson County. Sets forth standards, procedures, requirements, and criteria for:
Creation and approval of the district (Sections 8239.001 - 8239.050);
Size, composition, election, and terms of the board of directors of the district (Sections 8239.051 - 8239.100);
Powers and duties of the district (Section 8239.101 - 8239.150); and
General financial provisions and authority to impose taxes and to issue bonds and obligations for the district (Sections 8239.151 - 8239.202).
Authorizes the use of eminent domain by the district.
SECTION 2. Sets forth the initial boundaries of the district.
SECTION 3. Provides that all requirements of the constitution and the laws of this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled and accomplished.
SECTION 4. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2007.