By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) H.B. No. 2105
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2013;
April 29, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Natural Resources; May 8, 2013, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 8, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to municipally owned utility systems; authorizing the
imposition of fees by a utility board of trustees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1502.002(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A municipality may acquire, purchase, construct,
improve, enlarge, equip, operate, or maintain any property,
including channels or bodies of water known as resacas, interests
in property, buildings, structures, activities, services,
operations, or other facilities, with respect to:
(1) a utility system;
(2) a park; or
(3) a swimming pool.
SECTION 2. Section 1502.057, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The board of trustees having management and control of a
utility system located in a county contiguous to the Gulf of Mexico
and bordering the United Mexican States may impose and collect the
charges authorized under this section for services provided by the
utility system.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.
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