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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality to create certain special districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.042, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: |
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(f-1) The authority of the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality to allow the creation or confirmation of a |
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municipal management district, municipal utility district, water |
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improvement district, or water control and improvement district, |
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master district, or subdistrict in the extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction of a municipality under Subsection (f) expires |
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September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 375, Local Government |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 375.027 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 375.027. COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO CREATE DISTRICT. The |
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commission's authority to create a district by order under this |
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chapter expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 51, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 51.053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.053. COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO CREATE DISTRICT OR |
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MASTER DISTRICT. The commission's authority to create a |
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multi-county district, district with the powers provided by Section |
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51.331, or master district by order under this chapter expires |
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September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 4. Section 51A.003, Water Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) The commission's authority to create a subdistrict |
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under this chapter expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 54.038 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.038. COMMISSION AUTHORITY TO CREATE DISTRICT. The |
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commission's authority to create a district by order under this |
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chapter expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 6. Subchapter B, Chapter 55, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 55.0465 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 55.0465. MULTI-COUNTY DISTRICT: EXPIRATION OF |
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CREATION AUTHORITY. The authority of the commission and |
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commissioners courts to create a multi-county district under this |
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chapter expires September 1, 2025. |
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SECTION 7. (a) Notwithstanding the changes in law made by |
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this Act, a petition for the creation of a district, master |
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district, or subdistrict pending before the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality on the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the petition was filed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) The changes in law made by this Act do not affect the |
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validity of a district, master district, or subdistrict created by |
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the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before September 1, |
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2025. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |