By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2105

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013; April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to municipally owned utility systems; authorizing the imposition of fees by a utility board of trustees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1502.002(a), Government Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) A municipality may acquire, purchase, construct, improve, enlarge, equip, operate, or maintain any property, including channels or bodies of water known as resacas, interests in property, buildings, structures, activities, services, operations, or other facilities, with respect to:

(1) a utility system;

(2) a park; or

(3) a swimming pool.

SECTION 2. Section 1502.057, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:

(c) The board of trustees having management and control of a utility system located in a county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico and bordering the United Mexican States may impose and collect the charges authorized under this section for services provided by the utility system.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.

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