86R25676 SCL-F
 
  By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3821
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3821:
 
  By:  Craddick C.S.H.B. No. 3821
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to annexation by certain municipalities of a special
  district under a strategic partnership agreement.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.0751(s), Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (s)  Notwithstanding any other law other than Section
  43.083, the procedures prescribed by Subchapters C-3, C-4, and C-5
  do not apply to the annexation of an area under this section.  
  Except as provided by Subsection (h), a municipality shall follow
  the procedures established under the strategic partnership
  agreement for full-purpose annexation of an area under this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 43, Local Government Code,
  is amended by adding Section 43.083 to read as follows:
         Sec. 43.083.  ANNEXATION BY CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES THAT
  OPERATE MUNICIPALLY OWNED WATER UTILITY.  (a)  This section applies
  only to a municipality that:
               (1)  operates a municipally owned water utility; and
               (2)  is a party to a strategic partnership agreement:
                     (A)  with a municipal utility district; and
                     (B)  under which the municipality contemplates
  annexing 400 or more water or wastewater connections that are not
  located in the district.
         (b)  A municipality authorized or required to annex a
  district for full purposes under a strategic partnership agreement
  under Section 43.0751 must receive approval for the annexation as
  required by Subchapter C-3, C-4, or C-5, as applicable, before
  annexation.
         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, 2019.