H.B. No. 436 AN ACT relating to the authority to issue bonds of the Rockett 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 7214 to read as follows: CHAPTER 7214. ROCKETT SPECIAL UTILITY DISTRICT SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 7214.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "district" means the Rockett Special Utility District. [Sections 7214.002-7214.050 reserved for expansion] SUBCHAPTER B. BONDS Sec. 7214.051. 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. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 436 was passed by the House on April 18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 436 was passed by the Senate on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor