H.B. No. 2105
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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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2105 was passed by the House on April
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2105 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor