By: Birdwell  S.B. No. 1243
         (In the Senate - Filed February 12, 2025;
  February 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Local Government; April 7, 2025, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 7, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the dissolution of a public utility agency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 572.053, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 572.053.  CHANGES IN PUBLIC ENTITIES PARTICIPATING IN
  OR DISSOLUTION OF PUBLIC UTILITY AGENCY. (a) The public entities
  that participate in a public utility agency may by concurrent
  ordinances:
               (1)  add a public entity to, or delete a public entity
  from, participation in the public utility agency; or
               (2)  dissolve the public utility agency and transfer
  all obligations, assets, permits, and licenses of the public
  utility agency to the remaining public entities.
         (b)  A public entity that is the only remaining participant
  in a public utility agency may by ordinance dissolve the public
  utility agency in accordance with Subsection (a)(2).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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