Honorable Dennis Bonnen, Chair, House Committee on Special Purpose Districts
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB738 by Crownover ( relating to the review of the creation of certain proposed municipal utility districts by county commissioners courts.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Water Code to authorize a county commissioners court to review a petition for creation and other information relating to a proposed municipal utility district (MUD) to be located outside the corporate limits of a municipality. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) would be required to notify the commissioners court of the county in which the district is to be located promptly after a petition to create a MUD is filed.
According to TCEQ, under current statute TCEQ notifies the commissioners court of the creation of a MUD within a county if all or part of a MUD is located outside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. TCEQ indicated no significant fiscal impact to the commission is anticipated.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.