By: Pickett, Moody, Quintanilla H.B. No. 4004

(Senate Sponsor - Shapleigh)

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2009; April 16, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on International Relations and Trade; April 29, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 29, 2009, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the management and control of certain utility systems.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1502.070(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) Management and control of a utility system may be vested in:

(1) the municipality's governing body; or

(2) a board of trustees named in the proceedings adopted by the municipality and consisting of not more than:

(A) five members, one of whom must be the mayor of the municipality; or

(B) seven members, one of whom must be the mayor of the municipality, if the municipality is located in a county:

(i) with a population of at least 600,000; and

(ii) that is located on an international border.

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, 2009.

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