BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3869

By: Zerwas

Natural Resources

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties note that the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Fort Bend County is authorized to undertake certain road projects.  The parties contend that while the district's road powers are limited to road projects inside the district, the district has identified improvements to roads located outside its boundaries that are necessary to serve current and future development of the district.  H.B. 3869 seeks to address this issue.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 3869 amends the Special District Local Laws Code to remove language limiting the authorization of the Fulshear Municipal Utility District No. 1 of Fort Bend County to undertake certain road projects to such projects inside the district. The bill establishes that the district retains all the rights, powers, privileges, authority, duties, and functions that it had before the bill's effective date. The bill provides for the validation and confirmation of certain district actions and proceedings taken before the bill's effective date.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.