BILL ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 4830

By: Eiland

Natural Resources

Committee Report (Substituted)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

C.S.H.B. 4830 postpones the dates on which certain provisions relating to the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 67 expire, in the event that the creation of the district is not confirmed. The bill sets forth provisions for the appointment of successor temporary directors of the district.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

C.S.H.B. 4830 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to postpone from September 1, 2009, to September 1, 2013, the date on which the Galveston County Municipal Utility District No. 67 is dissolved if not confirmed at a confirmation election by that date. The bill postpones from September 1, 2011, to September 1, 2015, the expiration of the district's enacting provisions. The bill postpones from September 1, 2011, to September 1, 2015, the date on which temporary provisions relating to the district expire.  

C.S.H.B. 4830 specifies that temporary district directors serve until the earlier of the date initial permanent directors are elected or the fourth anniversary of the date on which the temporary directors were appointed, rather than the date the district's enacting provisions expire. The bill requires, if the terms of the temporary directors have expired and permanent directors have not been elected, successor temporary directors to be appointed or reappointed to serve terms that expire on the earliest of the date initial permanent directors are elected, the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment, or the date the district's enacting provisions expire. The bill authorizes the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district to submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition and requires the commission to appoint those five persons as the successor temporary directors. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the act does not receive the necessary vote, the act takes effect September 1, 2009.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 4830 adds a provision not in the original specifying that temporary district directors serve until the earlier of the date initial permanent directors are elected or the fourth anniversary of the date on which the temporary directors were appointed, rather than the date the district's enacting provisions expire.

C.S.H.B. 4830 adds a provision not in the original that requires, if the terms of the temporary directors have expired and permanent directors have not been elected, successor temporary directors to be appointed or reappointed to serve terms that expire on the earliest of the date initial permanent directors are elected, the fourth anniversary of the date of the appointment or reappointment, or the date the district's enacting provisions expire.

C.S.H.B. 4830 adds a provision not in the original authorizing the owner or owners of a majority of the assessed value of the real property in the district to submit a petition to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requesting that the commission appoint as successor temporary directors the five persons named in the petition, and a provision requiring the commission to appoint those five persons as the successor temporary directors.