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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the dissolution of the McMullen County Water Control |
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and Improvement District No. 1. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. On the effective date of this Act: |
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(1) the McMullen County Water Control and Improvement |
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District No. 1 is dissolved; |
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(2) the terms of the directors of the district expire; |
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(3) any assets and liabilities of the district are |
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transferred to McMullen County; and |
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(4) McMullen County may, in all respects, conduct the |
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affairs of the district. |
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SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable, the McMullen County |
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judge shall appoint a trustee to close the affairs of the district |
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as a result of the dissolution. |
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(b) The trustee has the same rights and responsibilities as |
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the board of the district for the purposes of carrying out the |
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winding up of the district. |
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(c) The trustee and the McMullen County judge shall enter |
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into an agreement to provide for the payment of the trustee for |
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services rendered under this Act. |
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(d) The trustee shall: |
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(1) wind up the business or affairs of the district; |
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(2) sell or otherwise dispose of the real or personal |
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property of the district and distribute the proceeds to the |
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creditors of the district and, if all creditors have been |
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satisfied, to McMullen County; |
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(3) take any other action necessary to prepare for the |
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dissolution of the district, including the filing of any |
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dissolution documents with the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality; and |
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(4) deliver a report of the actions taken under this |
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Act to the McMullen County judge at the conclusion of the trustee's |
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duties. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The legal notice of the intention to |
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introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this |
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Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a |
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copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies, |
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officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished |
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under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313, |
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Government Code. |
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(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has |
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submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed |
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its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the |
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lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of |
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representatives within the required time. |
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(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this |
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state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect |
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to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled |
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and accomplished. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |