BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 3933

By: González, Mary

Special Purpose Districts

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Currently, the El Paso County Lower Valley Water District Authority is a large municipal utility district which reportedly serves approximately one-quarter of the southeastern portion of El Paso County. The Cuadrilla Improvement Corporation was a small non-profit corporation of the state of Texas which was involuntarily dissolved by the Texas Secretary of State and The El Paso Water Control and Improvement District No. 4 assumed the responsibilities as temporary manager of the corporation over a decade ago.  It has been reported that the district no longer wishes to provide service to the former corporation's customers and that the authority wants to provide that service in addition to assuming any other duties of the former corporation, provided that the authority is granted any remaining assets of the former corporation. H.B. 3933 seeks to provide for the transfer of the territory, assets, and liabilities of the former corporation to the authority.

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. 3933 amends Section 2, Chapter 780, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985, to transfer certain territory of the former Cuadrilla Improvement Corporation to the El Paso County Lower Valley Water District Authority. The bill requires the authority to assume from the El Paso Water Control and Improvement District No. 4 the responsibility of providing water and wastewater services to the customers in the service area of the former corporation and the powers, duties, liabilities, and remaining assets of the former corporation.

EFFECTIVE DATE

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