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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the powers and duties of the Collin County Municipal |
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Utility District No. 1. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 8164, Special District |
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Local Laws Code, as added by Chapter 1067 (H.B. No. 2442), Acts of |
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the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is amended by adding |
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Section 8164.055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 8164.055. DIVISION OF DISTRICT. (a) Subject to this |
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section, the district may divide into two or more districts as |
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provided by Sections 51.748, 51.749, 51.750, 51.751, 51.752, and |
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51.753, Water Code. For the purpose of applying those sections, the |
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district shall be considered an original district and a reference |
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to "this chapter" shall be considered a reference to Chapter 54, |
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Water Code. |
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(b) On petition of any district landowner or on a motion by |
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the district's board of directors, the board may consider a |
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proposal to divide the district. |
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(c) No division of the district may occur that would result |
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in the creation of a new district that contains land outside of the |
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boundaries of the district as it existed on January 1, 2009. |
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(d) Section 54.016, Water Code, and Section 42.042, Local |
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Government Code, do not apply to any new district created by the |
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division of the district. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |