LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD

Austin, Texas

FISCAL NOTE, 82ND LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION

April 27, 2011

TO:	Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Natural Resources
FROM:	John S O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1082 by Hegar (Relating to strategic partnerships for the continuation of certain water districts annexed by a municipality.), As Engrossed

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

The bill would amend the Local Government Code to include in the definition of a "district," a conservation and reclamation district operating under Chapter 49 of the Water Code that could enter into certain strategic partnerships with a municipality. The term would not include a groundwater conservation district operating under Chapter 36 of the Water Code or a special utility district operating under Chapter 65 of the Water Code.

The bill also would add that a district or the area of a district annexed for limited purposes under Section 43.0751 of the Local Government Code, must be in the municipality’s extraterritorial jurisdiction, and contiguous to the corporate boundaries of the municipality or an area annexed by the municipality for limited purposes, unless the district consents to noncontiguous annexation under a strategic partnership agreement with the municipality.

Local Government Impact

No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.

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LBB Staff:

JOB, SZ, TP