TO: | Honorable Robert Puente, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB599 by Brown, Betty (Relating to the creation of the Fairfields Municipal Utility District of Kaufman County; providing authority to impose a tax and issue bonds; granting the power of eminent domain.), As Introduced |
The Legislative Budget Board, in cooperation with the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), has determined that:
The bill creates Fairfields Municipal Utility District (District) in Kaufman County with the powers and duties of a municipal utility district under Water Code Chapters 49 and 54. The purpose of the District includes: providing works and projects under powers conferred by Article XVI, Section 59 of the Texas Constitution to benefit the property within the District and the power of eminent domain. The District is subject to confirmation election by the voters.
2) Location - The proposed district is located within
3) Comments on Powers/Duties Different from Similar Types of Districts- The District will have road powers. Sections 49.181 and 49.182 of the Texas Water Code do not apply to the District road projects. The District may be divided into multiple districts. If the District has not been confirmed before September 1, 2009, then the District is dissolved September 1, 2009.
4) Overlapping Services- There is insufficient information provided in the bill to determine if the District overlaps any water supply or sewer‑service corporations, investor‑owned utilities, or local water districts or authorities. The District may overlap CCN No. 10851: City of Terrell, CCN No. 20474: City of Terrell, CCN No. 13108: Terrell HRCLP, CCN No. 20995: Terrell HRCLP, and/or CCN No. 10825: College Mound WSC.
5) TCEQ’s Supervision-As with general law districts, the TCEQ will have general supervisory authority, including bond review authority and review of financial reports.
Source Agencies: | 580 Water Development Board, 582 Commission on Environmental Quality
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LBB Staff: | JOB, WK
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