AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

Current Texas law provides for the creation of conservation and reclamation districts which are, subject to voter approval, authorized to incur debt to provide permanent improvements and to levy taxes for the maintenance and operation of improvements and for the repayment of debt.

 

C.S.H.B. 1758 proposes to create a conservation and reclamation district to be known as Pilot Knob Municipal Utility District No. 3 (district), over land in Travis County, Texas.

 

The proposed district is approximately 644 acres located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Austin.

 

C.S.H.B. 1758 amends current law relating to the creation of the Pilot Knob Municipal Utility District No. 3 and provides authority to impose a tax and issue bonds.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1.  Amends Subtitle F, Title 6, Special District Local Laws Code, by adding Chapter 8377, as follows:

 

CHAPTER 8377. PILOT KNOB MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT NO. 3

 

Sets forth standard language for the creation of the Pilot Knob Municipal Utility District No. 3 (district) in Travis County.  Sets forth standards, procedures, requirements, and criteria for:

 

Creation and approval of the district (Sections 8377.001-8377.050);

 

Size, composition, election, and terms of the board of directors of the district (Sections 8377.051-8377.100);

 

Powers and duties of the district (Sections 8377.101-8377.150);

 

General financial provisions and authority to impose a tax and to issue bonds and obligations for the district (Sections 8377.151-8377.250); and

 

Strategic partnership agreement and municipal annexation and notice (Sections 8377.251 and 8377.252).

 

Prohibits the district from exercising the power of eminent domain.

 

SECTION 2.  Sets forth the initial boundaries of the district.

 

SECTION 3. Provides that all requirements of the constitution and laws of this state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled and accomplished.

 

SECTION 4. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2011.