BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 1468

By: Campbell

Land & Resource Management

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

It has been suggested that legislation is needed to address disparities in how certain municipalities execute the annexation of a special district under a strategic partnership agreement. S.B. 1468 seeks to address this issue by setting out provisions relating to annexation by certain municipalities of a special district under a strategic partnership agreement.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

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

S.B. 1468 amends the Local Government Code to prohibit a municipality that operates a municipally owned water utility, is a party to a strategic partnership agreement with a municipal utility district under which the municipality contemplates annexing 400 or more water or wastewater connections that are not located in the district, and is authorized or required to annex a conservation and reclamation district for full purposes under an applicable strategic partnership agreement from annexing the district without also annexing all of the unincorporated area served by the district that is located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction. The bill requires the municipality to receive approval for the annexations as required by specified annexation provisions for tier 2 municipalities, as applicable, before annexation. The bill does not apply to a county with a population of more than 1.7 million.

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2019.