By: Phillips (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 2055
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013;
May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 16, 2013, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 16, 2013, sent to
printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority to issue bonds of the Marilee Special
Utility District.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle C, Title 6, Special District Local Laws
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 7215 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 7215. MARILEE SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 7215.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district"
means the Marilee Special Utility District.
[Sections 7215.002-7215.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. BONDS
Sec. 7215.051. AUTHORITY TO ISSUE BONDS. (a) The district
has the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of an issuer under
Chapter 1371, Government Code.
(b) Sections 49.181 and 49.182, Water Code, do not apply to
the district.
SECTION 2. (a) The legal notice of the intention to
introduce this Act, setting forth the general substance of this
Act, has been published as provided by law, and the notice and a
copy of this Act have been furnished to all persons, agencies,
officials, or entities to which they are required to be furnished
under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and Chapter 313,
Government Code.
(b) The governor, one of the required recipients, has
submitted the notice and Act to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
(c) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has filed
its recommendations relating to this Act with the governor, the
lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives within the required time.
(d) All requirements of the constitution and laws of this
state and the rules and procedures of the legislature with respect
to the notice, introduction, and passage of this Act are fulfilled
and accomplished.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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