By: Callegari (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 4043
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2009;
  May 6, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources; May 12, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
  Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 12, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to notifications to certain purchasers of real property
  that may be located in an area subject to a certificate of
  convenience and necessity for water or sewer service.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.257(c), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  This section does not apply to:
               (1)  a transfer of title under any type of lien
  foreclosure;
               (2)  a transfer of title by deed in cancellation of
  indebtedness secured by a lien on the property conveyed;
               (3)  a transfer of title by reason of a will or probate
  proceeding;
               (4)  a transfer of title to or from a governmental
  entity;
               (5)  a transfer of title to property located within the
  corporate limits of a municipality that is served by a municipally
  owned utility;
               (6)  a transfer of title to property that receives
  water or sewer service from a utility service provider on the date
  the property is transferred;
               (7)  a transfer of title by a trustee in bankruptcy;
               (8)  a transfer of title by a mortgagee or beneficiary
  under a deed of trust who acquired the property:
                     (A)  at a sale conducted under a power of sale
  conferred by a deed of trust or other contract lien;
                     (B)  at a sale under a court judgment foreclosing
  a lien; or
                     (C)  by a deed in lieu of foreclosure;
               (9)  a transfer of title from one co-owner to another
  co-owner;
               (10)  a transfer of title between spouses or to a person
  in the lineal line of consanguinity of the transferor; or
               (11)  a transfer of a mineral interest, leasehold
  interest, or security interest.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a proposal to sell or convey real property made on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A proposal to sell or convey real
  property made before the effective date of this Act is covered by
  the law in effect when the proposal was made, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  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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