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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the review of the creation of certain proposed |
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municipal utility districts by county commissioners courts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.0161, Water Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to a proposed district [If] |
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all or part of which [a proposed district] is to be located within |
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or outside of the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. |
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(a-1) The [city, the] commissioners court of the county in |
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which the district is to be located shall [may] review the petition |
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for creation and other evidence and information relating to the |
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proposed district that the commissioners consider necessary. |
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Petitioners for the creation of a district shall submit to the |
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county commissioners court any relevant information requested by |
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the commissioners court [in the event a review is done]. |
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(b) The [In the event of a review, the] commissioners court |
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shall submit to the commission, at least 10 days before the date set |
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for the hearing on the petition, a written opinion stating whether |
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or not the county would recommend the creation of the proposed |
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district and stating any findings, conclusions, and other |
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information that the commissioners think would assist the |
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commission in making a final determination on the petition. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a petition for the creation of a municipal utility district filed |
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with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A petition pending before the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality on the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the petition was |
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filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |