By: Hall S.B. No. 2192
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the contents of a petition filed with the Commission for
  Environmental Quality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.   Section 54.015, Water Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         Sec. 54.015.  CONTENTS OF PETITION. The petition shall:
         (1)  describe the boundaries of the proposed district by
  metes and bounds or by lot and block number, if there is a recorded
  map or plat and survey of the area;
         (2)  state the general nature of the work proposed to be
  done, the necessity for the work, and the cost of the project as
  then estimated by those filing the petition; and
         (3)  include a name of the district which shall be generally
  descriptive of the locale of the district followed by the words
  Municipal Utility District, or if a district is located within one
  county, it may be designated "______________ County Municipal
  Utility District No. _______." (Insert the name of the county and
  proper consecutive number.) The proposed district shall not have
  the same name as any other district in the same county.;
         (4)(A) include a copy of a letter sent by certified mail by
  the petitioners to the commissioners court of a county described by
  Section 54.0161(a-1). A letter sent under this Subsection shall:
               (i)  describe the proposed district as required by (1),
  (2), and (3) of this Section;
               (ii)  solicit feedback on the proposed district; and
               (iii)  be postmarked not later than 90 days before the
  date a petition is filed with the commission; and
         (5)  include a copy of a response received to a letter
  described by (4)(A). The failure of a commissioners court to
  respond to a letter sent under this Section is considered an
  assumption of support for the petition at the time of filing with
  the commission.
         SECTION 3.  Section 54.015, Water Code, as amended by this
  Act, applies only to a petition for creation of a Municipal Utility
  District submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. A
  petition for creation of a Municipal Utility District submitted
  before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
  effect on the date the clear aligner was sold, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2023.