Honorable Eddie Lucio, Jr., Chair, Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Relations
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB554 by Kolkhorst ( Relating to notice requirements for certain special districts that hold board meetings outside the district.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Water Code requiring a special district that does not have a meeting place inside the district to include in the required notice a description of the petition process. The provisions of the bill would apply only to the notice for the district's first meeting of each calendar year.
The bill would go into effect September 1, 2017.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.